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From: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Running a full node
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On 8 November 2014 16:28, Daniel F <nanotube@gmail.com> wrote:

> > But I'd like to know what storage, RAM  and bandwidth resources are
> > needed. I guess that the problem is not the CPU.
>
> Hi Francis,
>
> Here are some rough guidelines for you, based on the statistics from my
> node:
>
> disk usage: about 30GB currently for the blockchain data. It'll only
> keep growing from here, but relatively slowly.
>

There's some statistics on this site:

https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size

It may be reasonable to assume 10GB growth a year.  When I was running a
full node I gave it a disk of 50GB.


>
> cpu usage: pretty much nothing, after you have synced the blockchain.
>
> ram usage: after it runs for a few months, my node gets up to using 1.5
> GB of ram or so.
>
> bandwidth usage: my node averages about 500GB of traffic per month, most
> of it outgoing.
>
> Hope that gives you a rough idea of what you can expect for running full
> node.
>
> Best,
> Daniel
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On 8 November 2014 16:28, Daniel F <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:nanotube@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">nanotube@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>=
 wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.=
8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D=
"">&gt; But I&#39;d like to know what storage, RAM=C2=A0 and bandwidth reso=
urces are<br>
&gt; needed. I guess that the problem is not the CPU.<br>
<br>
</span>Hi Francis,<br>
<br>
Here are some rough guidelines for you, based on the statistics from my<br>
node:<br>
<br>
disk usage: about 30GB currently for the blockchain data. It&#39;ll only<br=
>
keep growing from here, but relatively slowly.<br></blockquote><div><br></d=
iv><div>There&#39;s some statistics on this site:<br><br><a href=3D"https:/=
/blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size">https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-=
size</a><br><br></div><div>It may be reasonable to assume 10GB growth a yea=
r.=C2=A0 When I was running a full node I gave it a disk of 50GB.<br></div>=
<div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px =
0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<br>
cpu usage: pretty much nothing, after you have synced the blockchain.<br>
<br>
ram usage: after it runs for a few months, my node gets up to using 1.5<br>
GB of ram or so.<br>
<br>
bandwidth usage: my node averages about 500GB of traffic per month, most<br=
>
of it outgoing.<br>
<br>
Hope that gives you a rough idea of what you can expect for running full<br=
>
node.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Daniel<br>
<div class=3D""><div class=3D"h5"><br>
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