[BioC] fastq upload time

[Daniel.Berner at unibas.ch]

Hi there
I have a solexa fastq file containing some 27 million reads (file size  
approx. 4 GB). my plan is to upload this into R for subsequent editing  
with ShortRead tools. The R version is 64-bit linux, the computer has  
8 GB RAM. Can anybody provide a rough estimate of how long the input  
will take? hours, days...?
Thanks!
Daniel Berner
Zoological Institute
University of Basel
Vesalgasse 1
4051 Basel
Switzerland
+41 (0)61 267 0328
daniel.berner at unibas.ch