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RE: Witness Server Updated..! A Solid FML Moment Missing a Critical Update Though..
Witnessing kind of started as a self initiated challenge for me, honestly became enthralled with the STEEM network and wanted to be part of something greater than myself. Even if my projects and servers end up costing me more than I earn on them I'll continue onwards.. but the backup server at this point was overkill considering how low my witness ranking now is. :P
My remaining witness server is a MONSTER 128GB RAM dedicated system that is Intel based.|
Biggest learning curve was diving into sysadmin stuff and realizing the politics involved behind the curtains.
I need to improve on my efficiency and get my projects launched after rigorous testing.
Likely one of the most honeest degenerate bastards you'll ever meet. :)
I totally relate to you - I was looking for ages for a blockchain that I can engage with that has more utility than just sitting in a wallet. Since I mined BTC on all my old crappy laptops and desktops i really wanted to do stuff with them, hence selling 11 btc for items I needed. Didn't expect the price rise but did the same thing with mining Monero and Ethereum and sold my initial earnings and bought 612 steem! :D Left it for a while and really want the blockchain to do well. It has its drawbacks but i feel there is more good on the Steem blockchain than other social media sites.
That's some spec for a dedicated server! Did you build up slowly with the server requirements until you went all out :)
What would you recommend for starting off as a witness in server specs, seed node and would you need any help testing any projects you've got in the works?
Really appreciate the reply and wish you the best! :D
STEEM has one of the largest and close knit communities I'ev seen in my over half decade in the crypto ecosystem for sure. A great "entry point" for non-crypto folks to get handsd on with blockchain tech.
I started out with small 8GB virtual machines back in the day and slowly expanded my servers upwards to keep in front of the demands the STEEMd software has to run properly.
The blockchain we have here is unique, quirky and still very much a public beta test, but I see the potential for sure, wouldn't be dedicating my efforts towards it if I did not believe.
For a witness server I'd recommend a "go big or go home" attitude as the requirements for running the steemd client grows as the blockchain does.. I think you can get away with a 64GB RAM server with decent single thread performance.,.. and SSD drives are incredibly effective at speeing up the otherwise disastrously long sync/restart on the software.
I've got to get my desktop workstation back into my possession then will be trying to get the steem roller investment dice service going, will certainly need testers, you're in.
Would of loved to be involved back in the earlier days on Steem but theres no best time to start than asap! :)
Amongst all the spam and negative aspects that occur there are plenty of good causes, skilled people who generally want to help and do something different - Thats what I think will make this awesome.
Excellent! I really do want to engage and add value here - Let me know as soon as I can help test any projects you have in mind.
I've just been sourcing some hosting and came across this on Online.net
[Dual] Xeon E5-1650
3.2 GHz 6 cores 64 GB
DDR3 2× 120 GB (SSD SATA)
Xeon E5-2620 v2
2.1 GHz 6 cores 128 GB
DDR3 2× 160 GB (SSD SATA)
I would like to get better spec but when starting up I can fully understand/manage it before upgrading. Any thoughts as I want cost to be low initially.
Thanks again for your help