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bump rpc disk size requirement to 350Gb#2453

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What

Updated the RPC minimum hardware recommendations page:

  • bumps RPC's disk size requirement to 350Gb instead of 250Gb
  • drops recommendation to use a "quad core CPU" for intense load
  • shys away from "100 RPS"/"1000 RPS"-based recommendations in favor of "modest load (e.g. 100 RPS on average"/"heavier request volume"
  • updates the Spanish counterparts of these recommendations

Why

Respective to the bullets above,

  • when it holds on one week of ledgers/120,960 ledgers, RPC's disk can grow to exceed 300Gb. 350Gb seems to provide a safe buffer.
  • we recommend 4-8 vCPUs minimum irrespective of load. recommending a "quad core CPU" for more intense load doesn't make any sense
  • there's no grounding for absolutist claims around 100 RPS/1000 RPS, especially because depending on what the request looks like (e.g. is the requestgetHealth or is it getLedgers w/ count=200), we may easily clear 1000 RPS on the recommended c5.2xlarge or may not clear 1 RPS.
  • the Spanish counterpart not only needed the same changes as were made to the English recommendations, but also, it recommended an even more insufficient machine (c5.xlarge)

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Pull request overview

Updates the Stellar RPC admin prerequisites to raise the documented persistent disk requirement from 250 GB to 350 GB.

Changes:

  • Bumps the English RPC minimum disk requirement to 350 GB.
  • Bumps the Spanish translated RPC minimum disk requirement to 350 GB.

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docs/data/apis/rpc/admin-guide/prerequisites.mdx Updates the English RPC hardware requirements table.
i18n/es/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/data/apis/rpc/admin-guide/prerequisites.mdx Updates the Spanish translated RPC hardware requirements table.

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@cjonas9 cjonas9 merged commit 420a29a into stellar:main May 14, 2026
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@cjonas9 cjonas9 deleted the update-rpc-disk branch May 14, 2026 02:12
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