Thread - Nostr Hypermedia

The Daniel 🖖 daniel@mutable.top 8 months ago

A lot of people who want to run a full node may not realize this, but it’s no longer possible to use a 1 TB SSD. Once you account for the formatted disk size, and factor in all the blockchain data, which is close to 700 GB, plus your system software, and any other apps you might want to run, you’re already out of space.

Dan

I'm using a rasp pi with a 1tb. It's been good for years and it just doesn't seem to sync. It's not catching up barely making progress

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Jordan S Jordan@nostr.land 8 months ago

It's fair to assume most people would have a dedicated setup for their node.

paulo paulo@primal.net 8 months ago

I just bought a 4tb drive so it can last for a while

The Daniel 🖖 daniel@mutable.top 8 months ago

Oh yeah, that’s probably gonna take 20 years to fill.

1776 8 months ago

Yeah I definitely want to spin up a second node with a 4TB so I don’t have to be forced to do it on short notice when the 2TB won’t cut it any more. I just dread doing anything that requires SSH’ing. I do it so infrequently it’s like learning from scratch every time.

The Daniel 🖖 daniel@mutable.top 8 months ago

I hear ya. Fortunately we have AI to help us now, plus @Nodestrich ♾️ exists for this community as a free resource.

paulo paulo@primal.net 8 months ago

Blockchain size seems to be growing close to 15% per year. It won’t last that long… 😅😓😂

Rich Nost richnost@nostrplebs.com 8 months ago

Yup. Also consider that bitcoind indexing plus electrum indexing takes up about 120GB. To do anything fun or performant with a node for (optimisitically) the next decade, 2TB is the new standard.

Shawn _@shawnyeager.com 8 months ago

Way over. View quoted note →

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SatsAndSports 8 months ago

Thanks for the tip. I just ordered my first Raspberry Pi a few minutes ago, and I ordered a 2TB SSD with it thanks to you

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The Daniel 🖖 daniel@mutable.top 8 months ago

Yeah, I had a 1 TB drive and a RasPi 4 in 2021. I ended up ditching both two years later to get a small PC with 2 TB, and it’s upgradable. You may want to rethink your hardware choice, if not now, after you’ve been using it for a bit. The processor speed makes a big difference.

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mleku mleku@smesh.lol 8 months ago

memory speed too, although this tends to be a package deal

The Daniel 🖖 daniel@mutable.top 8 months ago

The block data itself is under 700 GB, but you also have to add in the indexes and log files, etc. Your node software is just giving you the total size of its data directory.

Broletariat broletariat@primal.net 8 months ago

fortunately 2TB hard drives are much cheaper now. They will continue to get cheaper too.