Syncing & Packing

Example arweave configurations for syncing and packing

• When syncing & packing you do not need a private key - you will only need a mining address (aka packing address)

• Your mining address is not a private key - it is a public address

• For the following examples we will alway use En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI and Q5EfKawrRazp11HEDf_NJpxjYMV385j21nlQNjR8_pY as mining addresses. Replace them with your own address(es) before running the sample commands.

1. Overview

• You're just getting started and need to download and pack data

• You'll sync the data from network peers and pack it as you store it to disk

• You'll pack the data to 16TB disks using the mining address En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI

• You'll use the replica.2.9 packing format and will pack 4 partitions per disk

• You'll use one of the DHA-provided public VDF servers

• You'll use the publicly available NSFW filter provided by Shepherd

• Run your miner with:

  • sync_jobs greater than 0 (default is fine)

• See Running Your Node for more information

2. Sample Directory Structure

• Mount points for 16TB disks that will store the packed data:

  • /mnt/a

  • /mnt/b

• data_dir: /opt/data

• Storage module symlinks:

  • /opt/data/storage_modules/storage_module_0_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 -> /mnt/a/storage_module_0_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9

  • /opt/data/storage_modules/storage_module_1_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 -> /mnt/a/storage_module_1_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9

  • /opt/data/storage_modules/storage_module_2_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 -> /mnt/a/storage_module_2_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9

  • /opt/data/storage_modules/storage_module_3_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 -> /mnt/a/storage_module_3_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9

  • /opt/data/storage_modules/storage_module_4_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 -> /mnt/b/storage_module_4_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9

  • /opt/data/storage_modules/storage_module_5_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 -> /mnt/b/storage_module_5_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9

  • /opt/data/storage_modules/storage_module_6_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 -> /mnt/b/storage_module_6_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9

  • /opt/data/storage_modules/storage_module_7_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 -> /mnt/b/storage_module_7_En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9

3.Sample Command-line Configuration

./bin/start \
    enable randomx_large_pages \
    peer peers.arweave.xyz \
    data_dir /opt/data \
    sync_jobs 200 \
    vdf_server_trusted_peer vdf-server-3.arweave.xyz \
    transaction_blacklist_url https://public_shepherd.arweave.net \
    mining_addr En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI \
    storage_module 0,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 \
    storage_module 1,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 \
    storage_module 2,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 \
    storage_module 3,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 \
    storage_module 4,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 \
    storage_module 5,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 \
    storage_module 6,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 \
    storage_module 7,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9 

1. Sample Configuration File (config.json)

{
    "enable": [ "randomx_large_pages" ],
    "peers": [ "peers.arweave.xyz" ],
    "data_dir": "/opt/data",
    "vdf_server_trusted_peers": [ "vdf-server-3.arweave.xyz" ],
    "transaction_blacklist_url": "https://public_shepherd.arweave.net",

    "storage_modules": [
        "0,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9",
        "1,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9",
        "2,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9",
        "3,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9",
        "4,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9",
        "5,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9",
        "6,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9",
        "7,En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI.replica.2.9"
    ],
     
    "mining_addr": "En2eqsVJARnTVOSh723PBXAKGmKgrGSjQ2YIGwE_ZRI",

    "sync_jobs": 200
}