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RE: I want to set up a steem node server, please answer questions about memory, and OS, please chime in... Thank you
The blockchain file is currently using 160+ GB of disk space and the memory state is using about 46+ GB of RAM.
You can probably run within a virtual machine inside a Windows computer but it’s no recommended for performance reasons
@quochuy thank you for your response, just a little more detail.
Which brings me to the second question
After all it's Python and javascript right? Is there something that unix flavored operating systems are doing? Or is it the fact all the programmers and developers are just open source zealots. Who would rather not pay a dime for anything and work alot harder and longer? Running in a virtual machine is not a good move I agree.
My path to becoming a witness is not meant to be immediate.
I have a system that I believe will revolutionize a very specific aspect of human communications and knowledge (Mostly between businesses) after seeing the need for many many times over 25 years. I have been in the design and planning all aspects of development, marketing, aquistion, deployment of for 3.5 years. And from what I can tell, the STEEM BLOCK CHAIN is perfect as the vehicle to run on.
The only problem is all the big players in the fortune 500, S&P, and small mom and pops are running Windows for good reason, support , interoperability between apps, migration paths, deployment ease, ease of upgrade, personel, training, and built time and money!
In business there is a saying: "If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
My system while compartmentalized and can deal with heterogeneous systems it will have large entities like the Military and Government Purchasing Departments, the SBA, Grainger, Food market chains, TJX corning, Insurance Companies, Amazon, Alibaba, GF, GE, Dow Corning, Franchise runs, suppliers, trade shows, libraries, repositories, and retailers.
So to not be a barrier to adoption, I want to first evaluate Steem from the node side.
If someone would like to talk in depth on this I am willing to do so....
But not in an open forum, I've got NDA's if we need to go in any depth.
Let me point out this is not an alt-coin situation, and as far as i'm concerned I'd rather have tethered coin to a fiat. I don't want to invent another block chain. What I have is actively changing large set of distinct distributed databases, which communicate with and interpret each other through the blockchain to provide this revolutionary service.
I'm currently running a witness node with 32 GB of RAM. You can fill the gap with some SWAP on memory (ZRAM) or on disk (regular SWAP). Using disk swap is slower and would take you several days when doing a replay.
No it's not Python and Javascript it's C++. The only time I saw steemd on Windows was when it was still possible to mine for STEEM and also in this post from @liberosist https://steemit.com/steem/@liberosist/building-and-running-steemd-v0-19-0-natively-in-windows-10
I personally find working on Windows harder and longer than on Linux when it comes to development. Running a Steem witness node is not for the small mom and pops or the fortune 500 guy anyway. Even if it was doable on Windows, the mom and pop wouldn't be able to troubleshoot issues when the next hardfork will come. They can't even install a printer driver, why should they compile and run a steem witness app?
"If it ain't broke don't fix it!", that's right, stay with Ubuntu cuz it's not broken.
I'm looking for zealots to help me out, because I know what the system I'm talking about can do.
Look at a system I was one of the original developers on Autex Traderoute to see the amount of transactions volims a day I percieve this system will do. I think you will understand why I'm so juiced. BTW my system is not a Financial Services Product.
The keypoint is immediately on use the User base gets an ROI.