> How do you use your data? Do you really need to compare all the information > about any and all individuals? > [...] > You may legitimately need one really large table but most applications > don't.
The most common scenarios: - get a single marker from subset of individuals - get a subset of markers from a single individual - get a subset of markers from a subset of individuals There is no "old" data one could get rid of (as in your example from sprint).