Node Hardware Requirements

Here you can find the requirements for running the various types of nodes the operate the Stellar network. We offer some modest recommendations for each type of resource, as well as a generally applicable SKU for some popular cloud computing providers. These may require customizations or adjustments, depending on your specific use-case.

Node Type	CPU	RAM	Disk	AWS SKU	Google Cloud SKU	Admin Guide
Core Validator Node	8x Intel Xeon @ 3.4 GHz	16 GB	100 GB NVMe SSD	c5d.2xlarge	n4-highcpu-8	Click here
Horizon API Service	4 vCPU	16 GB	100 GB SSD >= 1.5K IOPS	c5d.xlarge	n4-standard-4	Click here
Horizon PostgreSQL	4 vCPU	32 GB	2 TB* SSD (NVMe or Direct Attached Storage) >= 7K IOPS	i4g.xlarge	c3-highmem-8	Click here
Stellar RPC	2 vCPU	4 GB	30 GB persistent volume >= 3K IOPS	c5.large	n4-highcpu-2	Click here

* Assuming a 30-day retention window for data storage.