| **Disk** | PCIe Gen3 x4 NVME SSD, or better, on each of: <br />- **Accounts**: 500GB, or larger. High TBW (Total Bytes Written)<br />- **Ledger**: 1TB or larger. High TBW suggested<br />- **Snapshots**: 250GB or larger. High TBW suggested<br />- **OS**: (Optional) 500GB, or larger. SATA OK<br /><br />The OS may be installed on the ledger disk, though testing has shown better performance with the ledger on its own disk<br /><br />Accounts and ledger *can* be stored on the same disk, however due to high IOPS, this is not recommended<br /><br />The Samsung 970 and 980 Pro series SSDs are popular with the validator community | Consider a larger ledger disk if longer transaction history is required<br /><br />Accounts and ledger **should not** be stored on the same disk |
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