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Ah, right, storage performance bound. The Etherium blockchain is roughly 1122.97 GB. Cool, how long would it take me to write all that data with an RPI4? Let's
by analognoise 3y ago
Ah, right, storage performance bound.
The Etherium blockchain is roughly 1122.97 GB. Cool, how long would it take me to write all that data with an RPI4? Let's pick the ~20th fastest SSD listed, just so we ensure we don't have a ringer in the data: https://pibenchmarks.com/benchmark/53760/ https://pibenchmarks.com/benchmark/53760/
Awesome, let's do some division. Let's pick the DD speed:
1122.97GB/174 MB/s = 1.79273627 hours. Hm, that can't be it.
The RPI4 could write the entire Eth blockchain in under 2 hours. Hmm. Well, maybe there's lots of data being added in a torrent at the end? That could be a real problem?
https://ycharts.com/indicators/ethereum_chain_full_sync_data_size https://ycharts.com/indicators/ethereum_chain_full_sync_data...
Looks like it's adding about 3GB a day. A rip roaring rate of 34.7222222 kBps.
Ok with the data in hand, this looks like a pathetic system and it doesn't look like a technical achievement. It looks like an embarrassment to me. Could you check my numbers?