Silva memory error

[Nicholas_Bokulich]

@Yin_Hui_Cheok

Yup, tried with many --p-reads-per-batch ranging from 50 to 20000. All of these get the same outcome.

Sounds like you are left with one of two options:

1. Use a less memory-intensive classifier, like greengenes
2. as @timanix advises:

@timanix

If @Nicholas_Bokulich suggestions will not work for you, maybe you can borrow a stronger machine just to run analysis that’s require a lot of RAM