How much memory and bandwidth does bitcoind take up on a CentOS Linux system?

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I'm thinking about installing bitcoind on my web server that runs on CentOS. How much memory and bandwidth might it take up and would it affect my other sites on my server?

Patoshi パトシ

Posted 2013-07-17T15:04:37.050

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Are you sure that CPU mining is worth it?

– None – 2013-07-18T02:39:14.533

1not mining... just installing for ecommerce site – Patoshi パトシ – 2013-07-18T18:14:14.653

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I run bitcoind 0.8.3 on a VPS. In May and June, the VPS used between 250 and 300 GB of bandwith per month. Most of that (~98%) was incoming traffic.

I'm not sure if all traffic is due to bitcoind. Of course, we ran updates on the server. But it is only used for bitcoind. No other webservices are active.

Robert-Reinder Nederhoed

Posted 2013-07-17T15:04:37.050

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3That seems extremely high, given that the transactions recorded in the block chain typically amount to just a few megabytes per day. – Nate Eldredge – 2013-09-26T14:35:37.097

2It's not high at all. My bitcoind-only server generated 154gb of outbound traffic in the last 7 days. 12.73gb inbound traffic. I have 89 connections right now, and I've had over 150 in the past. If you're a stable, well-connected node, you will use a lot of bandwidth. – ChrisW – 2014-03-02T19:59:46.517

1So clearly it's not just the bandwidth consumed in passively receiving the blocks, but the one spent in retransmitting them as well plus the wasted one in receiving/rebroadcasting blocks that ultimately get orphaned... – Joe Pineda – 2014-03-03T00:06:48.870

You have it set to way more than the default number of connections, which I believe is 8. I understand there is some debate over the benefits of doing that. – Nate Eldredge – 2014-06-01T00:44:46.390

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