From 47557cc6a6a2234568f583fa096c02d8dbd7f35c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shannon Appelcline Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:09:09 -1000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 02_2_Setting_Up_a_Bitcoin-Core_VPS_with_StackScript.md --- 02_2_Setting_Up_a_Bitcoin-Core_VPS_with_StackScript.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/02_2_Setting_Up_a_Bitcoin-Core_VPS_with_StackScript.md b/02_2_Setting_Up_a_Bitcoin-Core_VPS_with_StackScript.md index 6fa9b73..7e51d15 100644 --- a/02_2_Setting_Up_a_Bitcoin-Core_VPS_with_StackScript.md +++ b/02_2_Setting_Up_a_Bitcoin-Core_VPS_with_StackScript.md @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ The following chart shows minimum requirements Just choose your Linode type, choose a Location that's geographically as close to you as possible, and click "Add your Linode!". -> **WARNING:** We've occasionally had machines run out of memory after running `bitcoind` for a few days when they only had 2G. Coming back, we find that `bitcoind` has stopped, leaving the message "Error: Out of memory. Terminating." in the `debug.log` file. This simply requires a restart of `bitcoind` and ten or fifteen minutes to get the blockchain resynced. This seems to have largely gone away with Bitcoin 0.14.1, but here's your warning in case it shows up again. +> :warning: **WARNING:** We've occasionally had machines run out of memory after running `bitcoind` for a few days when they only had 2G. Coming back, we find that `bitcoind` has stopped, leaving the message "Error: Out of memory. Terminating." in the `debug.log` file. This simply requires a restart of `bitcoind` and ten or fifteen minutes to get the blockchain resynced. This problem has seemed more prevelant starting with our upgrade to 0.18 (after largely going away), so it's possible you'll need to upgrade to the 4G machines solely due to memory issues. _Be aware that the requirements might change over time as the blockchain continues to grow. Watch for "Out of Memory" or "Disk Space is Low!" errors. Either one indicates that you should migrate to the next larger machine!_