Need help, building an ETH Staking PC!

[CrunchyShadow]

Good evening all !

 

This is come off as early: but I am building an ETH staking PC (even though ETH staking isn't out yet). Anyways, staking will require a PC to be up-and-running all the time, however it won't be mining it will simply be validating transactions by communicating with the internet. The challenge comes in the form of reliability: a strange question, I know. But I need a PC that will have multiple back-up drives that can run all the time without me worrying about them breaking.  I need a PC with parts that are know to be reliable. Looking online, I don't find much information.

 

Can anyone recommend a me a build with parts that are know to be reliable, rather than performant. Performance is not an issue, as the PC won't be doing much.

[TheGlenlivet]

5 minutes ago, CrunchyShadow said:

Good evening all !

 

This is come off as early: but I am building an ETH staking PC (even though ETH staking isn't out yet). Anyways, staking will require a PC to be up-and-running all the time, however it won't be mining it will simply be validating transactions by communicating with the internet. The challenge comes in the form of reliability: a strange question, I know. But I need a PC that will have multiple back-up drives that can run all the time without me worrying about them breaking.  I need a PC with parts that are know to be reliable. Looking online, I don't find much information.

 

Can anyone recommend a me a build with parts that are know to be reliable, rather than performant. Performance is not an issue, as the PC won't be doing much.

Have you considered a raspberry pi?  Low power, high reliability, simple linux.

You can even have a battery back up for them if power goes out.

[CrunchyShadow]

also note: as cheaply as possible!

[Electronics Wizardy]

How important is uptime? Most consumer parts are pretty good. A server is probably a bit better, but even cheap desktops I have had run for years with no issues.

 

If you need the most possible uptime, run a ha cluster, so if one system fails, another  takes its place almost instantly

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[CrunchyShadow]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

How important is uptime? Most consumer parts are pretty good. A server is probably a bit better, but even cheap desktops I have had run for years with no issues.

 

If you need the most possible uptime, run a ha cluster, so if one system fails, another  takes its place almost instantly

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Uptime = making money, so it is pretty important. Thanks for the input, I'll look into a ha cluster, I've never heard of that.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, CrunchyShadow said:

Uptime = making money, so it is pretty important. Thanks for the input, I'll look into a ha cluster, I've never heard of that.

So downtime is just lost moneny for when the server is down? Then id just have normal desktop or a used server, and have anouther system on hand if something goes wrong. I don't think HA is worth it here, as you probably aren't losing that much money during downtime.

[CrunchyShadow]

2 minutes ago, TheGlenlivet said:

Have you considered a raspberry pi?  Low power, high reliability, simple linux.

You can even have a battery back up for them if power goes out.

I thought about it but those are a little too under powered. Staking will require a little bit of RAM, and what worries me is that Raspberry Pie has soldered components- not user replaceable. Moreover, don't they have soldered flash memory on there? If it breaks, I lose all my money.

[CrunchyShadow]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

So downtime is just lost moneny for when the server is down? Then id just have normal desktop or a used server, and have anouther system on hand if something goes wrong. I don't think HA is worth it here, as you probably aren't losing that much money during downtime.

Used server sounds interesting, thank you!

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, CrunchyShadow said:

I thought about it but those are a little too under powered. Staking will require a little bit of RAM, and what worries me is that Raspberry Pie has soldered components- not user replaceable. Moreover, don't they have soldered flash memory on there? If it breaks, I lose all my money.

How much ram do you need? they have upto 4gb.

 

There is a microsd card, but you can also boot from network or usb with some firmware updates.

 

[CrunchyShadow]

30 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

How much ram do you need? they have upto 4gb.

 

There is a microsd card, but you can also boot from network or usb with some firmware updates.

 

Standard 8gb, or 16 to be safe

[Founders]

Maybe an Intel NUC would do the trick.