System requirements
The recommended system requirements for running the Nimbus beacon node are:
What | Recommended |
---|---|
Operating system | Linux 64-bit, Windows 64-bit, macOS X 10.15+ |
Memory | 4GB |
Disk space | 200GB |
Network | Reliable broadband |
Execution client
In addtion to the beacon node, you will need to run an execution client - check the documentation of the client of choice and add them to the above requirements.
Broadly, to run both an execution and a consensus client on the same machine, we recommend a 2 TB SSD drive and 8 GB RAM.
Minimal requirements
Nimbus has been optimized to also run well on hardware significantly less powerful than the recommended system requirements - the more validators you run on the same node, the more hardware resources and network bandwidth will it will use.