System Requirements

Getting Started Smart Contract Node BApp Developers

Search…

System Requirements

H/W Specification
The network performance is measured based on the worst hardware specification within the network. According to the blockchain network structure, it is only possible to be scaled up vertically (increasing hardware capacity). Hence, it is recommended that all the nodes within the network should have the best hardwares having the similar specifications with each other at least.
The following sections show the recommended specifications for both CNs and PNs.
Bare-metal Server
Category
Specification
Server
Intel® Server System R2312WFTZS
CPU
Intel® Xeon 6148 2.40 GHz (20-core/40-thread) * 2EA (total 40-core/80-thread)
Memory
256GB (32GB * 8)
Storage
1.5TB (or larger size) SSD (The preferred storage size and configuration could differ depending on the chain data size. Please consult with the Klaytn team for more information.)
Note that this is a recommended hardware specification for CNs and PNs, not an exact requirement. Any physical machine having similar hardware configuration would be sufficient to operate a CN or a PN.
Cloud VM
Recommended Specification Based on AWS
Node Type
Model
vCPU
Memory (GiB)
Storage size (GiB)
Storage speed (IOPS)
Price (Seoul region, USD/h)
CN
c5.18xlarge
72
144
1,000 (Minimum)
3,000 (Minimum)
3.456
PN
m5.8xlarge
32
128
1,000 (Minimum)
3,000 (Minimum)
1.888
This storage specification is derived from AWS EBS SSD (gp2) specification.
The information above is from https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/ and https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/ and may be changed by AWS.
Storage Requirements
Assuming 100 TPS in average, 300 bytes average transaction size, and 1-second block latency, the expected daily storage requirement is 2.5 GB/day (=300x100x86400).
Operating System
Recommended environment is Amazon Linux 2. Klaytn binaries are fully tested on Amazon Linux 2, but they should work on other linux-based environments as well. macOS binaries are also provided for development purpose.

Core Cell

Network Configuration

Last modified 9mo ago

Copy link

Outline