Running a full node in the cloud - on top of FUSE/s3 filesystem

Running a full node in the cloud - on top of FUSE/s3 filesystem

I'm trying to figure out the cheapest way to run a full node in the cloud (specifically AWS).

In terms of compute resources, a t2.nano should probably be enough, after the initial syncing of the block history.

However, disk space (EBS) is not that cheap. 200GB will run you ~$20/month. A bit too steep for personal use, in my book.

I was thinking of mounting the data dir on S3. 200GB on s3 is several times cheaper, and a few 100ks of IO operations a month is also negligible (cents). The question is whether:

  1. anybody has ever tried something like this
  2. the bitcoind process has problem with a FUSE file system

The above configuration should cost like $5/month (and possibly free if your AWS account's free tier isn't used up by now).

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