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.
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It's fair to assume most people would have a dedicated setup for their node.
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.
I hear ya. Fortunately we have AI to help us now, plus nostr:npub1hxfkcs9gvtm49702rmwn2aeuvhkd2w6f0svm4sl84g8glhzx5u9srk5p6t exists for this community as a free resource.
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.
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.
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
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.
memory speed too, although this tends to be a package deal
fortunately 2TB hard drives are much cheaper now. They will continue to get cheaper too.
