Hardware Requirements

NEAR Validator Node Hardware Requirements

This page covers the minimum and recommended hardware requirements for engaging with the NEAR platform as a validator node.

Recommended Hardware Specifications

Hardware	Recommended Specifications
CPU	4-Core (8-Thread) Intel i7/Xeon or equivalent with AVX support
RAM	16GB DDR4
Storage	200GB SSD (HDD will be enough for localnet only)

Verify AVX support on Linux by issuing the command $ lscpu | grep -oh avx. If the output is empty, your CPU is not supported.

Minimal Hardware Specifications

Hardware	Minimal Specifications
CPU	2-Core (4-Thread) Intel i7/Xeon or equivalent with AVX support
RAM	8GB DDR4
Storage	150GB SSD (HDD will be enough for localnet only)

Verify AVX support on Linux by issuing the command $ lscpu | grep -oh avx. If the output is empty, your CPU is not supported.

Cost Estimation

Estimated monthly costs depending on operating system:

Cloud Provider	Machine Size	Linux
AWS	c5.2xlarge	$250 CPU + $20 storage
GCP	c2-standard-8	$220 CPU + $20 storage
Azure	Standard_F8s_v2	$180 CPU + $10 storage

Resources for Cost Estimation

All prices reflect reserved instances which offer deep discounts on all platforms with a 1 year commitment

• AWS

  • cpu: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/reserved-instances/pricing

  • storage: https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/pricing

• GCP

  • cpu: https://cloud.google.com/compute/vm-instance-pricing

  • storage: https://cloud.google.com/compute/disks-image-pricing

• Azure — https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator

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