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Table 5 Quantitative results for the three queries performed during the iDash competition

From: Efficient and secure outsourcing of genomic data storage

Query

1a

2a

3a

 Data preparation (s)

0.04

0.4

20.2

 Size of VCF file (Mbytes)

0.3

4.72

235.9

 Importation (s)

0.12

1.89

94.5

 PIR query generation (s)

0.04

0.05

0.67

 Sending query (s)

4.77

5.03

62.9

 PIR reply generation (s)

0.29

4.27

53.4

 Sending reply (s)

0.53

5.19

64.9

 Reply extraction (s)

0.34

4.41

55.1

Round-trip-time (s)

5.5 ±.02

13.3 ±.1

128.1 ±.1

Query

1b

2b

3b

 Data preparation (s)

0.037

0.36

19.2

 Size of VCF file (Mbytes)

0.06

0.79

39.5

 Importation (s)

0.002

0.03

1.4

 PIR query generation (s)

0.008

0.016

0.2

 Sending query (s)

0.736

1.78

22.3

 PIR reply generation (s)

0.008

0.1

1.27

 Sending reply (s)

0.31

1.15

14.5

 Reply extraction (s)

0.05

0.16

2.05

Round-trip-time (s)

1.07 ±.01

2.95 ±.004

37 ±.5

  1. The data in boldface represents the round trip time, which provides an overall measure of the efficiency of our solution in the different setups