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# Minimum system requirements

Following are the minimum system requirements for running one node. Maal Data Labs maintains all the nodes and the incurred costs on the operation of these nodes are charged from the OPEX cost.

| Type | Value                                                              | Influenced by                                                                                                                |
| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| CPU  | 4 cores                                                            | <ul><li>Number of JSON-RPC queries</li><li>Size of the blockchain state</li><li>Block gas limit</li><li>Block time</li></ul> |
| RAM  | 8 GB                                                               | <ul><li>Number of JSON-RPC queries</li><li>Size of the blockchain state</li><li>Block gas limit</li></ul>                    |
| Disk | <ul><li>64 GB root partition with LVM for disk extension</li></ul> | <ul><li>Size of the blockchain state</li></ul>                                                                               |
|      |                                                                    |                                                                                                                              |

Validators in Maal Validators DAO do not need to acquire technical knowledge of running and maintaining a node, neither do they have to spend on the maintenance of these nodes as Maal Data Labs maintains it for all the validators, making it easy for anyone to join Maal Validator DAO.