Database Formats and Multi-Contig Support9 days ago
Overview | Key Features | Database Formats | Indexed Format (Recommended) | Per-Chromosome Format (Legacy) | Creating Databases | New Databases (Indexed Format) | Force Legacy Format | Checking Database Format | Converting Databases | Convert Entire Database | Convert Individual Tracks | Convert Intervals | Migration Guide | When to Migrate | Migration Workflow | Copying Tracks Between Databases | Use gtrack.copy() | Round-tripping through a text file | Performance Comparison | Operations Faster with Indexed Format | Operations Similar Performance | Summary | Backward Compatibility | Fully Compatible | Example: Mixed Environment | Troubleshooting | "File descriptor limit reached" | "Track not found after copying files" | "Conversion fails with disk space error" | Best Practices | For New Projects | For Existing Projects