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docs: update hardware requirement to run a validator (#126)
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brilliant-lx committed Jul 3, 2023
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/validator/fullnode.md
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## Suggested Requirements
- VPS running recent versions of Mac OS X, Linux, or Windows.
- **IMPORTANT** 2 TB of free disk space, solid-state drive(SSD), gp3, 8k IOPS, 250 MB/S throughput, read latency <1ms. (if node is started with snap sync, it will need NVMe SSD)
- **IMPORTANT** 3 TB of free disk space, solid-state drive(SSD), gp3, 8k IOPS, 250 MB/S throughput, read latency <1ms. (if node is started with snap sync, it will need NVMe SSD)
- 16 cores of CPU and 64 GB of memory (RAM)
- Suggest m5zn.3xlarge instance type on AWS, c2-standard-16 on Google cloud.
- A broadband Internet connection with upload/download speeds of 5 MB/S
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#### Prune State

According to the test, the performance of a full node will degrade when the storage size exceeds 1.5 TB. We suggest that the fullnode always keep light storage by pruning the storage.
According to the test, the performance of a full node will degrade when the storage size reaches a high volume(previously it was 1.5TB, which is an experimental value, the latest number needs to be updated). We suggest that the fullnode always keep light storage by pruning the storage.

How to prune:

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### 1. Mainnet
- VPS running recent versions of Mac OS X or Linux.
- **IMPORTANT** 2T GB of free disk space, solid-state drive(SSD), gp3, 8k IOPS, 250MB/S throughput, read latency <1ms (if start with snap/fast sync, it will need NVMe SSD)
- **IMPORTANT** 3T GB of free disk space, solid-state drive(SSD), gp3, 8k IOPS, 250MB/S throughput, read latency <1ms (if start with snap sync, it will need NVMe SSD)
- 16 cores of CPU and 64 gigabytes of memory (RAM)
- Suggest m5zn.3xlarge instance type on AWS, or c2-standard-16 on Google cloud.
- A broadband Internet connection with upload/download speeds of 10 megabyte per second

### 2. Testnet
- CPU: 4core, Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8175M CPU @ 2.50GHz
- Memory: 16 GB
- Disk: ~1.85 TB
- Disk: ~1.5 TB
- Network Bandwidth: Upto 25 Gbps
- EBS Bandwidth: Upto 9.5 Gbps

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