Topic: Is it possible to run a full Bitcoin Node on a NAS server/box? (Read 1098 times)
hello. im run bitcoin node on cubieboard2 with allwiner a20 and 1gb ram, its working good more than 2 weeks.
What kind of NAS server do you have? Specs?
Why?
I've been trying a variety of other old linux boxes. Though not NAS I can report the following:
Anything less than 1.6GB RAM forget it.
Anything less than 2 cores x 1.6 GHz cpu forget it.
Anything less than 1.6GB RAM forget it.
Anything less than 2 cores x 1.6 GHz cpu forget it.
Why?
If you have less CPU power you will have a very hard time to sync up. This can be done on a different machine though (mind the chainstate obfuscation that came with 0.12. core on windows versions) and you just copy the data over once you are in sync.
If you have less RAM your node will constantly crash as its running out of memory. I have 2 GB on my old VPS and its not enough when there are many transactions around. This might be better with 0.12.0, because it limits memory for transactions to 300 MB by default and I did some other things to reduce the need for RAM (no wallet, small dbcache), but I dont know yet.
What kind of NAS server do you have? Specs?
Why?
Yes, this comes in handy...
The first part is true, the second is not.
What do you mean by ongoing business?
I've been trying a variety of other old linux boxes. Though not NAS I can report the following:
Anything less than 1.6GB RAM forget it.
Anything less than 2 cores x 1.6 GHz cpu forget it.
Anything less than 1.6GB RAM forget it.
Anything less than 2 cores x 1.6 GHz cpu forget it.
Why?
Fast HDD access seems to be worth having.
Yes, this comes in handy...
So in all likelihood, expect a slow initial synch and reindex. If it has less than 4 cpu.GHz then each day of new blockchain data may take more than a day to index and process.
The first part is true, the second is not.
Yes indeed. I was able to use and run this on my ongoing business and everything comes out with a great results. All you need to do is to be more specific. Thanks
What do you mean by ongoing business?
Yes indeed. I was able to use and run this on my ongoing business and everything comes out with a great results. All you need to do is to be more specific. Thanks
I've been trying a variety of other old linux boxes. Though not NAS I can report the following:
Anything less than 1.6GB RAM forget it.
Anything less than 2 cores x 1.6 GHz cpu forget it.
Fast HDD access seems to be worth having.
So in all likelihood, expect a slow initial synch and reindex. If it has less than 4 cpu.GHz then each day of new blockchain data may take more than a day to index and process.
Please let us know what you find.
Anything less than 1.6GB RAM forget it.
Anything less than 2 cores x 1.6 GHz cpu forget it.
Fast HDD access seems to be worth having.
So in all likelihood, expect a slow initial synch and reindex. If it has less than 4 cpu.GHz then each day of new blockchain data may take more than a day to index and process.
Please let us know what you find.
I'm sorry for putting my question in the wrong forum section, moderator.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Hi Everybody,
Does anyone know if it's possible to run a Bitcoin Qt Wallet/Full Node on a NAS server/box?
Has anyone experience with this?
I look forward to hear from you...
Does anyone know if it's possible to run a Bitcoin Qt Wallet/Full Node on a NAS server/box?
Has anyone experience with this?
I look forward to hear from you...
Jump to: