Hardware Requirements for Validator Node

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

Recommended Hardware Specifications

Hardware	Recommended Specifications
CPU	x86_64 (Intel, AMD) processor with at least 8 physical cores
CPU Features	CMPXCHG16B, POPCNT, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, SHA-NI
RAM	24GB DDR4
Storage	2TB SSD (NVMe SSD is recommended. HDD will be enough for localnet only)

Verify CPU feature support by running the following command on Linux:

lscpu | grep -P '(?=.*avx )(?=.*sse4.2 )(?=.*cx16 )(?=.*popcnt )(?=.*sha_ni )' > /dev/null \
  && echo "Supported" \
  || echo "Not supported"

Minimal Hardware Specifications

Hardware	Minimal Specifications
CPU	x86_64 (Intel, AMD) processor with at least 8 physical cores
CPU Features	CMPXCHG16B, POPCNT, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, SHA-NI
RAM	16GB DDR4
Storage	1TB SSD (NVMe SSD is recommended. HDD will be enough for localnet only)

Verify CPU feature support by running the following command on Linux:

lscpu | grep -P '(?=.*avx )(?=.*sse4.2 )(?=.*cx16 )(?=.*popcnt )(?=.*sha_ni )' > /dev/null \
  && echo "Supported" \
  || echo "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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