From 7b01c046b9ddc3b080b9ad4e9e64638146d2287d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shannon Appelcline Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 13:39:45 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update 2B_Setting_Up_a_Bitcoin-Core_VPS_with_StackScript.md --- ...tting_Up_a_Bitcoin-Core_VPS_with_StackScript.md | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/2B_Setting_Up_a_Bitcoin-Core_VPS_with_StackScript.md b/2B_Setting_Up_a_Bitcoin-Core_VPS_with_StackScript.md index 17593af..0a55e59 100644 --- a/2B_Setting_Up_a_Bitcoin-Core_VPS_with_StackScript.md +++ b/2B_Setting_Up_a_Bitcoin-Core_VPS_with_StackScript.md @@ -46,9 +46,19 @@ There's a copy of our Bitcoin VPS Setup StackScript in [the repo here](Linode-Bi You'll next need to click to your Linodes tab and select "Add a Linode". -If you want to have a full copy of the Bitcoin blockchain in a VPS, you'll need to install a Linode with a disk in excess of 120G, which is currently the Linode 12288, which has 192G of storage and 12G of memory and costs approximately $80 per month. We do _not_ suggest this. +A Linode 2048 will suffice for most setups, including: Pruned Mainnet, Pruned Testnet, and even non-Pruned Testnet. They all use less than 30G of storage and they can barely get by with 2G of memory. This is the setup we suggest. -Instead, for use in for learning and testing, a pruned copy of the Bitcoin blockchain using a smaller Linode should be sufficient. The Linode 2048 has 30G of storage which is about twice as much as you need for a pruned node and 2G of memory which is barely enough. This is what we _do_ suggest. +If you want to instead have a non-Pruned Mainnet in a VPS, you'll need to install a Linode with a disk in excess of 120G, which is currently the Linode 12288, which has 192G of storage and 12G of memory and costs approximately $80 per month. We do _not_ suggest this. + +The following chart shows minimum requirements + +| Setup | Memory | Storage | Linnode | +|-------|--------|---------|---------| +| Mainnet | 2G | 120G | L 12288 | +| Pruned Mainnet | 2G | ~5G | L 2048 | +| Testnet | 2G | ~15G | L 2048 | +| Pruned Testnet | 2G | ~5G | L 2048 | +| Regtest | 2G | ~ | L 2048 | Just choose your Linode type, choose a Location that's geographically as close to you as possible, and click "Add your Linode!".