From ae12dc2c75b08d1ca49d2aef47c73d5dd48da93f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sakridge Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 15:21:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add specs to testnet participation guide (#4078) --- book/src/testnet-participation.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/book/src/testnet-participation.md b/book/src/testnet-participation.md index fa19bb67b1..34ab539bc8 100644 --- a/book/src/testnet-participation.md +++ b/book/src/testnet-participation.md @@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ traversal issues. A cloud-hosted machine works best. **Ensure that IP ports Prebuilt binaries are available for Linux x86_64 (Ubuntu 18.04 recommended). MacOS or WSL users may build from source. +For a performance testnet with many transactions we have some preliminary recomended setups: + +| | Low end | Medium end | High end | Notes | +| --- | ---------|------------|----------| -- | +| CPU | AMD Threadripper 1900x | AMD Threadripper 2920x | AMD Threadripper 2950x | Consider a 10Gb-capable motherboard with as many PCIe lanes and m.2 slots as possible. | +| RAM | 16GB | 32GB | 64GB | | +| OS Drive | Samsung 860 Evo 2TB | Samsung 860 Evo 4TB | Samsung 860 Evo 4TB | Or equivalent SSD | +| Accounts Drive(s) | None | Samsung 970 Pro 1TB | 2x Samsung 970 Pro 1TB | | +| GPU | 4x Nvidia 1070 or 2x Nvidia 1080 Ti or 2x Nvidia 2070 | 2x Nvidia 2080 Ti | 4x Nvidia 2080 Ti | Any number of cuda-capable GPUs are supported on Linux platforms. | + #### Confirm The Testnet Is Reachable Before attaching a validator node, sanity check that the cluster is accessible to your machine by running some simple commands. If any of the commands fail,