As of today, over 2,800 worker nodes are contributing to the SQD data lake, storing more than 2.4 petabytes of onchain data. This spotlight series highlights the operators powering this infrastructure.
Interview with Erick from Nodies
How many nodes do you operate?
“~500 and growing. We’re currently running a promo for $30/node as we’ve upscaled our infrastructure to support more and more SQD nodes.”
How did you find SQD?
The Nodies team has experience supporting RPC and indexers. After conducting research comparing options, SQD stood out significantly, prompting them to publish an in-depth analysis.
How did you find setting up the node? Was it easy/difficult?
“It’s not difficult, though you need to make sure you have sufficiently performant hardware and fulfill the uptime requirements.”
Are you enjoying the gains?
Higher
Recommendations or top tips for aspiring node operators?
“The node operator chat is a great place to go to, and the team is quite responsive to any problems you have.”
How much time does maintaining the nodes per week/month require?
“We’re constantly improving our automation tools to reduce the time required. On a good week, it’s basically zero. On a bad day (i.e, during unexpected incidents), it can be countless hours.”
Thanks to Erick and Nodies for supporting SQD infrastructure. Visit their website for more information about their current promotion.