Node runners, what kind of hardware do you run your node on?
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Mini cpu
Mini pcs
Used Dell Optiplex
Old laptop
Old laptop, raspberry pi5, start 9.
Start9 👌
Raspberry Pi 5
old laptop
A laptop from 2019 😅
👍 i want to move from a mini pc to a ,not always online’ laptop.
Do you run bitcoin core and an indexer on a vm or use a specified node Package direct on Os?
When I run nodes it’s like on a rpi4 or an old laptop
Beelink NUC
Start9, Lenovo T480
custom build
HP SFF eBay special
Umbrel home, Umbrel on an rPi 5
Start9 on a Lenovo NUC, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD
Start 9 Pure
Refurb Dell micro PC with new SSD
Start9s running on whatever mini PC or laptop I can boot it onto
Nice to meet you bro 🤝😉
Start9 on a Intel NUC Skull Canyon that I got for free 🤙🏻
HP G2 + nostr:nprofile1q9z8wue69uhnvmr9dp58jernwf6xsct8d45hxdn4w5m8gatrdej8v7nhxa3h2cnsw94ksanc09unw6n0d9hkxdp4d44hxu35v4skgtn0de5k7m30qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqzq44xkafh8j8hhy79809wsmv0lw46nu4pkwqjyp20ekml80mytde8phfu08 🫡👍
An old laptop. Very handy when the server has a built-in monitor and keyboard, and even a UPS.
Intel NUC. 8:th gen.
Start9 Server One
Intel N100 16G minipc
My x86 homeserver
HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 Server
Home server in rack, bare bones exclusively for start9. Ryzen 5 with SSD array and 32gb of ram
old dell thin client & and a rpi4
Lenovo thinkcentre. Picked up for 100 bucks on eBay. Installed start9 and it has been running perfectly for a year or more.
Since 2+ years, I use a rasp4-8Gb Ram. 2-Tb SSD with Umbrel. A the moment I use Bitcoin Core but will switch to Knots the next days. I will also switch to Datum for solo-Mining ….
RPi-5
Dudes in comms with these huge NUC nodes needs to looks like this 🙂↕️🫣
Wtf where my picture disappeared..I means this look
Raspberry P4
HP EliteDesk 800 G3
Elitedesk
Pi4
Xeon 5th gen
Mini pc
Old dell minipc with some upgrades
Lenovo thinkcentre tiny m720 and HP prodesk mini. Both with 2tb crucial SSD and 16gb RAM. Both with nostr:nprofile1qqs9df4h2deu3aae83fmet5xmrlm4w5l9gdnsy3q2n7dklem7ezmwfcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz3rhwvaz7tekd3jks6rev3ehyargv9nk66tnxe6h2dn5w43kuerk0fmnwcm4vfc8z6mgweu8j7fhdfhkjmmrxs6k66mnwg6x2cty9ehku6t0dchsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxjmnxduhs5nd6j2.
Old, underpowered, undersized Mac Mini with extra RAM.
Acer laptop from 2019
Linux VM running on old Intel NUC. Bitcoin core, LND, Electrum, RTL and Sparrow Wallet. All components individually installed and configured.
Wrote a custom PowerShell script to start and stop each component rather than using systemctl. Looking to migrate onto newer hardware.
Had to retreat off new hardware just recently because of USB issues.
Considering a new hardware purchase from https://velocitymicro.com/.
Anyone using hardware from VelocityMicro?
Pi
nostr:nprofile1qqs9df4h2deu3aae83fmet5xmrlm4w5l9gdnsy3q2n7dklem7ezmwfcprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezu7n9vfjkget99e3kcmm4vshsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxjmnxduhstrdgdx Pure Server
Off-the-shelf pc components, skewed towards low TDP. The hardware runs all bitcoin-related services.
Min reqs:
- literally any cpu built in the last 20 years, but old xeons (LGA1151) or modern ryzen (EPYC) are preferred
- 8gb ECC
- 1tb ssd (sata)
- 250w PSU (nominal usage is tiny)
Pi4
Rπ
Umbrel/Pi5 since ‘21 (upgraded the Pi obviously)
and Start9/Proxmox currently syncing
Will keep the Pi as backup
Curious about your Proxmox setup. I have a server going for other apps. Did not look too much at nostr:nprofile1qqs9df4h2deu3aae83fmet5xmrlm4w5l9gdnsy3q2n7dklem7ezmwfcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7q6m20y on it because the block chain would have consumed to much of the disk space. Is there a way to sync that data to an external drive with start os?
There might be a way to offload services inside StartOs but i didn’t see it.
You can configure an external drive to store your VMs in Proxmox if you do not have the space for one more internal drive.
You can also do what i’ve done, rip out and clone the internal drive to a bigger one. You’ll have to extend the partition and volumes to be able to use the extra space. I can point you to a guide if you want to do that.
Good info thanks! I do have space for two drives in my Promox machine. I’ll look at using a separate dive for the Start9 VM and see how that works. I don’t mind having a dedicated machine for S9, but if I can get it running in Promox and have other services running, that would be amazing.
Laptop, Start9 and Pi4 with Raspiblitz but unplugged latter because there’s no easy way to run Knots yet. Hopefully soon.
Pi 4, Start9
Proxmox lnd & proxmox cln containers, the hardware varies️
HP Elitedesk 800 + Start9
Some old hp micro itx 2015 core i5 with 16gb mem in docker.
Umbrel home, Umbrel on an rPi 4, 8GB, 1TB
Start9 on a HP Elite NUC, 16GB RAM, 2TB SSD
Still chugging along with a Raspiblitz... old school 😎
But bruh, my 1TB SSD is nearing capacity... wondering how much runway I have left before parting with sats for a 2TB replacement.
for me just cloning the 1TB to a 2TB did the job!
Mini PC with celeron N100, with umbrel installed on it.
But seriously thinking on removing it and run proxmox with a VM for Bitcoin sandboxed on it along with other tool like Dojo (wondering if I could run a ronin dojo with proxmox 🤔), and probably another VM one for Casa/Zima OS, thus separating the node from the services, and adding LXCs.
Umbrel is terrible AF handling authentication from services exposed with services like clouflare tunnel.
Had a nodl for a long time. The thing was gorgeous, but now I realize, REALLY SLOW.
Nodl died (zero tech support from them btw). Went and bought a cheap $400 HP laptop, installed Start9. This one is WAY more responsive.
Refurb HP EliteDesk SFF PC...
OptiPlex 3040, 2TB NVMe drive, 32 GB ram, with nostr:nprofile1qqs9df4h2deu3aae83fmet5xmrlm4w5l9gdnsy3q2n7dklem7ezmwfcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejz7ty470y OS. Used to run it on my windows PC. Start9 makes it so much better to run.
Rasp Pi, 2TB HD, Umbrel, BTC Core. But I'm still learning as I'm not technical by trade.
Nice try, FBI
raspiblitz!
Node runners use decent rigs, often with multi-core CPUs, 16GB+ RAM, and SSDs. Trump's latest crypto-friendly moves might just boost node performance.
Futjitsu Futro - Debian with bitcoin core / Fulcrum / mempool
tried Start9 - runs good