Recommended Hardware

In order to run an Ethereum node with our images, you will need one of these devices:

• NanoPC T6

• Rock 5B

• Orange Pi 5 Plus

• Raspberry Pi 5

Tip

We strongly recommend NanoPC T6, Rock 5B or Orange Pi 5 Plus boards to run an Ethereum full/staking node.

This is the recommended hardware to run an Execution Layer client + Consensus Layer client. If you don’t know what an Ethereum node is, please visit the Operation Introduction.

Warning

The Raspberry Pi 5 doesn’t have native NVMe disk support. If you own a Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 GB of RAM and want to run a node, you can use our image to do so. If not, we strongly recommend to acquire one of the above devices.

NanoPC T6Radxa Rock 5BOrange Pi 5 PlusRaspberry Pi 5

Recommended hardware and settings for running an Ethereum full/staking node on a NanoPC T6 board

• NanoPC T6 (16GB RAM)

• MicroSD Card (16 GB Class 10 minimum)

• NVMe disk 2 TB minimum, 4 TB recommended (M2.2280)

• Power supply

• Ethernet cable

• Port forwarding (see clients for further info)

• A case with passive heatsink

• USB keyboard, Monitor and HDMI cable (Optional)

Buy links

NanoPC T6 board 16 GB

Warning

IMPORTANT for Raspberry Pi 5

Make sure to buy a disk that doesn’t use a Phison controller. Take a look at the SSD list below and see the Controller column of each disk.

The key components are the NVMe disk and the RAM memory. Please, make sure you get a board with 16 GB of RAM.

Before getting the NVMe disk, please check these 2 sites and look for Mid-Range or High-End :

• SSD list

• Great and less great SSDs for Ethereum nodes