Hardware Requirements for RPC Node

This page covers the minimum and recommended hardware requirements for engaging with the NEAR platform as a RPC node.

For testing your RPC once the node is fully sync'd, see this example RPC request.

Recommended Hardware Specifications

Hardware	Recommended Specifications
CPU	8-Core (16-Thread) Intel i7/Xeon or equivalent with AVX support
CPU Features	CMPXCHG16B, POPCNT, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
RAM	20GB DDR4
Storage	1TB SSD (NVMe SSD is recommended. HDD will be enough for localnet only )

Verify AVX support on Linux by issuing the command $ lscpu | grep -oh avx. If the output is empty, your CPU is not supported.

Minimal Hardware Specifications

Hardware	Minimal Specifications
CPU	8-Core (16-Thread) Intel i7/Xeon or equivalent with AVX support
RAM	12GB DDR4
Storage	500GB SSD (NVMe SSD is recommended. HDD will be enough for localnet only)

Verify AVX support on Linux by issuing the command $ lscpu | grep -oh avx. If the output is empty, your CPU is not supported.

Cost Estimation

Estimated monthly costs depending on operating system:

Cloud Provider	Machine Size	Linux
AWS	m5.2xlarge	$330 CPU + $80 storage
GCP	n2-standard-8	$280 CPU + $80 storage
Azure	Standard_F8s_v2	$180 CPU + $40 storage

Resources for Cost Estimation

All prices reflect reserved instances which offer deep discounts on all platforms with a 1 year commitment

• AWS
  • cpu: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/reserved-instances/pricing
  • storage: https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/pricing
• GCP
  • cpu: https://cloud.google.com/compute/vm-instance-pricing
  • storage: https://cloud.google.com/compute/disks-image-pricing
• Azure — https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator

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