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Clarification on node storage requirements #1302

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In various pages, this formula is presented to compute node size:

(2 × chain_size) + snapshot_size + 20% buffer

According to the links in this page, the values of the variables for a Reth Archive setup are:

  • snapshot_size = 1.83 TB (link)
  • chain_size = 8.88 TiB, or 9.76 TB (link, assuming that it's the value of "Reth Mainnet Archive" that should be used)

Which gives a total NVMe storage requirement of (2*9.76+1.83)*1.2 TB, which is 25.62 TB

I have the following questions:

  • Is this computation correct?
  • Is the presence of the snapshot size in the formula only necessary to account for its initial download+de-compression? Meaning it could be skipped if we download and uncompress without persisting the archive

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