Hardware requirements

Data availability nodes

Non-archival data availability nodes

Node type	Memory	CPU	Disk	Bandwidth
Light node	500 MB RAM	Single core	20 GB SSD	56 Kbps
Bridge node	64 GB RAM	32 cores	25 TiB NVME	1 Gbps

Non-archival node requirements are based on the maximum possible throughput at 128MB/6s for 7 days. Operators may provision less by pruning more aggressively at their own risk.

Archival data availability nodes

Node type	Memory	CPU	Disk	Bandwidth
Light node (unpruned headers)	500 MB RAM	Single core	7 TiB NVME*	56 Kbps
Bridge node	64 GB RAM	32 cores	637 TiB NVME*	1 Gbps

*Archival disk requirement is based on the current v6 128MB/6s throughput at maximum capacity for one year. In reality the requirement can be much lower and we advise regularly checking disk usage and having at least 1 month worth of max throughput of extra disk space.

Consensus nodes

Non-archival consensus nodes

Node type	Memory	CPU	Disk	Bandwidth
Validator	32 GB RAM	32 cores	12 TiB NVME	1 Gbps
Consensus node	32 GB RAM	32 cores	12 TiB NVME	1 Gbps

Non-archival node requirements are based on the maximum possible throughput at 128MB/6s for 7 days. Operators may provision less by pruning more aggressively at their own risk.

Archival consensus nodes

Node type	Memory	CPU	Disk	Bandwidth
Consensus node	64 GB RAM	32 cores	624 TiB NVME*	1 Gbps

*Archival disk requirement is based on the current v6 128MB/6s throughput at maximum capacity for one year. In reality the requirement can be much lower and we advise regularly checking disk usage and having at least 1 month worth of max throughput of extra disk space.

When upgrading to 128MB/6s, validators must use hardware that passes the CPU benchmark. If your server does not pass, upgrade to a more powerful machine.

For a list of CPUs tested for 128MB/6s, see the release notes. Other CPUs are acceptable if they pass the benchmark. Recommended CPU specs:

• 32 or more cores
• GFNI (Galois Field New Instructions) support
• SHA-NI (SHA New Instructions) support

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