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Guides, product updates and deep dives on high-performance infrastructure, low-latency networking and Solana hosting.
How to Reduce Latency to the Jito Block Engine
Practical, ordered steps to shave milliseconds off your path to the Jito Block Engine - region selection, peering, hardware, and connection tuning.
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Solana Validator Server Requirements: Hardware, Bandwidth & Location
A practical, no-nonsense breakdown of the CPU, RAM, NVMe storage, bandwidth, and location you need to run a reliable Solana validator.
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Best Server Location for Solana: Comparing New York, Frankfurt, Amsterdam & Tokyo
There is no single best location for Solana - only the best location for your target. A region-by-region comparison to help you choose.
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What Is a Solana VPS? A Beginner's Guide
A plain-English introduction to Solana VPS hosting - what a VPS is, what makes one "for Solana", who needs one, and exactly how to get started.
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AMD CPUs for Solana Validators, RPC, and Bots
Validators and RPC nodes reward cores, RAM, and fast NVMe; trading bots reward raw single-thread clock and proximity. Here is how to map each Solana workload to the right AMD CPU and location.
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Crypto-Friendly Hosting for Solana Validators: a Hetzner Alternative
Hetzner's terms ban running Solana validators, nodes, and staking on everything but colocation. Here's what that means for operators, and how to choose a crypto-friendly bare-metal alternative.
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Self-Hosted vs Managed Solana RPC: The Real Cost Math
Managed dedicated Solana RPC starts around $2,900/mo, while a serious self-hosted bare-metal node runs roughly $1,300-$1,500/mo in hardware. Here is the honest cost math, including the labor and redundancy costs that narrow the gap.
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