<p>I run PGWAD pool on raspberrypi 4.
There is an alliance of pool operators running on raspberry pi.
You can find details here <a href="https://armada-alliance.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://armada-alliance.com/</a>
There are guides to help you setup pool.</p>

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2021-08-30T20:51:07.893Z
2021-08-30T20:51:07.893Z
PGW
<p>I run a cardano-node 1.27.0 relay on a Pi4 8GB, and the RAM is often used at around 7-7.5GB.</p>
<p>My x86 relay is now compiled to cardano-node 1.29.0 and after 12 hours seems to be running around 5GB, so perhaps some memory optimizations are in there.</p>
<p>Try it.  If you are just missing enough RAM, maybe zRAM can help.</p>

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2021-08-31T10:50:16.097Z
2021-08-31T10:50:16.097Z
Scalextrix
<p>As per the last release of <a href="https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node/releases" rel="nofollow noreferrer">cardano-node</a>.</p>
<p>Minimum System Requirements:</p>
<ul>
<li>An Intel or AMD x86 processor with two or more cores, at 1.6GHz or faster (2GHz or faster for a stake pool or relay)</li>
<li>16GB of RAM</li>
<li>120GB of free storage (200GB recommended for future growth)</li>
</ul>
<p>However, you might get away with your setup, but do not be surprised if not :)</p>

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2021-08-30T13:15:07.170Z
2022-11-12T06:46:50.870Z
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Marek Mahut - StakeNuts
<p>Would Raspberry Pi 4 with 4GB with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Is that enough to get started running the test mode?</p>

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Hardware requirements for node
# Hardware requirements for node

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-08-30)

Would Raspberry Pi 4 with 4GB with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Is that enough to get started running the test mode?

**Tags:** staking

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2021-08-30. Score: 4

As per the last release of [cardano-node](https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node/releases).

Minimum System Requirements:

* An Intel or AMD x86 processor with two or more cores, at 1.6GHz or faster (2GHz or faster for a stake pool or relay)
* 16GB of RAM
* 120GB of free storage (200GB recommended for future growth)

However, you might get away with your setup, but do not be surprised if not :)


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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-08-30. Score: 3

I run PGWAD pool on raspberrypi 4.
There is an alliance of pool operators running on raspberry pi.
You can find details here <https://armada-alliance.com/>
There are guides to help you setup pool.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-08-31. Score: 0

I run a cardano-node 1.27.0 relay on a Pi4 8GB, and the RAM is often used at around 7-7.5GB.

My x86 relay is now compiled to cardano-node 1.29.0 and after 12 hours seems to be running around 5GB, so perhaps some memory optimizations are in there.

Try it. If you are just missing enough RAM, maybe zRAM can help.


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