QuickNode Archival Node Arrives on Solana
QuickNode Archival Nodes arrives on Solana, to provide full access to all historical data going back to the original genesis block.
QuickNode Archive Nodes combine the full nodes that QuickNode offers across all our base plans, which users know and love, with an add-on feature, Archive mode, that provides full access to all historical data going back to the original genesis block.
QuickNode was built because anyone building products and services with blockchain data need access to low-latency and reliable node infrastructure. Standard nodes are used extensively by NFT projects, exchanges, and custody providers to mint tokens, trade on the blockchain, and check an address’ current balance.
QuickNode offers globally distributed, scalable, and highly resilient archival nodes as an add-on feature for many chains, without the hassle and expense of maintaining them in-house. QuickNode Archive mode serves archival data instantly by leveraging the QuickNode Boost feature of our API. QuickNode Boost considers the high volume calls/requests from our users and caches that data to serve future requests faster. A user with QuickNode Archive mode addon can replay smart contracts, explore the historical balances of an address, run complex multi-dimensional queries, and simulate the blockchain state at any given block in history.
The Challenges of Archival Infrastructure
QuickNode Archive mode is designed to address these challenges. Deploying new archival systems, scaling capacity, and managing failure recovery is a resource-intensive and time-consuming process for in-house management. Today’s announcement around Solana archive nodes is a great example: running an archive node on Solana requires over a terabyte of disk space. And before a Solana archive node can be operational, it has to sync block-by-block. Creating a full archive node in-house for a developer is a process that can take over three weeks. QuickNode’s Solana archive mode gives instant access to the archive nodes within few clicks!
A full node that only captures the latest 128 blocks of the chain is enormous and tough to manage. For example, if you wish to run a Solana full node, the following are the recommended hardware configuration:
- CPU – 16 cores / 32 threads, or more.
- RAM – 256GB or more.
- Disk space – 4TB+
And to run a Solana Archive node, you need the above, but the disk space requirements increase to over 17TB! For many developers, keeping that volume of data in sync is pretty challenging.
QuickNode’s experience in cloud server management enables us to seamlessly handle this for customers. We leverage a multi-cloud globally distributed system to provide robust, scalable archive node infrastructure. This was not an easy task, but our API has been developed so that the user’s requests are routed automatically to their nearest location without them having to worry about the location and speed. If a system fails, the API automatically balances it and routes the requests to other nodes in the cluster. Users have peace of mind knowing they don’t have to worry about infrastructure needs regarding latency, scalability, redundancy, and cost.
QuickNode’s Archive Advantages
QuickNode’s archive nodes are available on all of the most popular protocols, and our offering of supported chains is only increasing. This means that while you grow your application to support cross-chain availability, you do not have to worry about changing your infrastructure.
QuickNode Archive Node Support
In addition to Solana, QuickNode offers Archive nodes on all of the following chains:
Check out archive mode features when you sign up for a Solana node on QuickNode 👉 here
About QuickNode
QuickNode’s mission is to enable blockchain businesses everywhere by providing scalable infrastructure and powerful developer tools. QuickNode makes it simple to build, fast to deploy, and easy to scale on the blockchain, to help power the next wave of the internet.
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