Windows XP 64 bit for Data Collection GA2?

[mackyE]

Hi

We are trying to updgrade the hard drives in our Dell 690 workstation that runs our GA2 (Raid 10 4x 2tb), hitting a 2 TB limit with the old 32 bit operating system, does anyone know if there are any problms with running the GA2 software with 64bit windows XP instead of 32bit?
I am contacting illumina directly and we are trying a test run but thought it would be a good idea to see if anyone has some previous experiences.

Thanks

Macky Edmundson

[basickler]

I would be a bit worried about the drivers for the camera working under 64bit XP and as far as I know it's definitely not tested. Honestly the best solution is to use robocopy/RTA to move the files off asap and never keep that much on your actual GA. We operate 16GA's using RTA at 2x75+ and I've never ran into a problem with file space on the D drive as long as the files are copied to the analysis server.
Brad