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@@ -430,40 +430,6 @@ agave-validator ..."); otherwise, when logrotate sends its signal to the
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validator, the enclosing script will die and take the validator process with
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it.
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-### Using a ramdisk with spill-over into swap for the accounts database to reduce SSD wear
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-If your machine has plenty of RAM, a tmpfs ramdisk
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-([tmpfs](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/tmpfs.5.html)) may be used to hold
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-the accounts database
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-When using tmpfs it's essential to also configure swap on your machine as well to
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-avoid running out of tmpfs space periodically.
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-A 300GB tmpfs partition is recommended, with an accompanying 250GB swap
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-partition.
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-Example configuration:
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-1. `sudo mkdir /mnt/solana-accounts`
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-2. Add a 300GB tmpfs partition by adding a new line containing `tmpfs /mnt/solana-accounts tmpfs rw,size=300G,user=sol 0 0` to `/etc/fstab`
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- (assuming your validator is running under the user "sol"). **CAREFUL: If you
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- incorrectly edit /etc/fstab your machine may no longer boot**
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-3. Create at least 250GB of swap space
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-- Choose a device to use in place of `SWAPDEV` for the remainder of these instructions.
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- Ideally select a free disk partition of 250GB or greater on a fast disk. If one is not
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- available, create a swap file with `sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1MiB count=250KiB`,
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- set its permissions with `sudo chmod 0600 /swapfile` and use `/swapfile` as `SWAPDEV` for
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- the remainder of these instructions
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-- Format the device for usage as swap with `sudo mkswap SWAPDEV`
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-4. Add the swap file to `/etc/fstab` with a new line containing `SWAPDEV swap swap defaults 0 0`
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-5. Enable swap with `sudo swapon -a` and mount the tmpfs with `sudo mount /mnt/solana-accounts/`
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-6. Confirm swap is active with `free -g` and the tmpfs is mounted with `mount`
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-Now add the `--accounts /mnt/solana-accounts` argument to your `agave-validator`
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-command-line arguments and restart the validator.
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### Account indexing
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As the number of populated accounts on the cluster grows, account-data RPC
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Brooks