MaxQuant

System requirements

MaxQuant is a quantitative proteomics software package designed for analyzing large mass-spectrometric data sets. It is specifically aimed at high-resolution MS data. Several labeling techniques as well as label-free quantification are supported. MaxQuant is freely available and can be downloaded from this site. The download includes the search engine Andromeda which is integrated into MaxQuant as well as the Viewer application for inspection of raw data and identification and quantification results.

Hardware requirements

  • Intel Pentium III/800 MHz or higher (or compatible) although one should probably not go below a dual core processor.

  • 2 GB RAM minimum.

  • 1.5 GB RAM per thread that is executed in parallel is recommended.

  • There is no upper limit on the number of cores. Whatever you can fit into a shared memory machine will work as long as the disk performance scales up with it.



Software requirements

  • Microsoft Windows 7/Vista/2003/XP/2000. 64 bit version is recommended due to faster processing speed.

  • There is only one MaxQuant version which is running on both 32 and 64 bit operating systems.

  • MSFileReader: Please install the MSFileReader for accessing Thermo Fisher data. It is available here.

  • .NET Framework 3.5: Please install if necessary the .NET Framework 3.5 from Microsoft

  • DirectX: To use the 3D features in the Viewer you have to install DirectX. The 3D mode currently only works on 32 bit operating systems.


 
 
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