Relay Node & Block-Producing Node, which one requires more Hard Disk capacity?

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Say, I have a SSD of 2TB, which of the two nodes do I have to connect it to? BP or Relay Node?

eddex · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-24 12:18:10Z

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Both nodes need to download the Cardano blockchain and therefore both nodes need some disk space. Currently the space needed is ~25GB.

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Markus - CLIO1 · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-25 17:38:13Z

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The following graph shows the growth of the DB folder during last 100 days enter image description here

It grew from 7 to 10.5 GB In addition it depends on your logging settings and retention policy how much additional space is needed.

answered May 25, 2021 at 17:38

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Also, cardano-node might not clean up forks it has seen in the past, so it might different from a fresh sync.
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