Solana Infrastructure Nightmare: $4K/Month Didn't Work
Solana Infrastructure Nightmare: $4K/Month Didn't Work
🔥 $4K Solana Disaster
A company shared their challenging journey upgrading Solana infrastructure to handle customer growth.
The Problem:
- Started with cheap $200/month service that couldn't handle traffic spikes
- Upgraded to $4,000/month provider - same poor performance after 2 days
Building Their Own Node:
- Required massive specs: 64 CPU cores, 768GB RAM, 10 Gbps internet
- Took 45 days to fully sync with the blockchain
- Initial cost: $1,700/month
Final Solution:
- Now using CherryServers at ~$1,300/month
- Successfully handles thousands of parallel requests
- Powers clients like Cerebro and HeyAnon
Key Takeaway: Running blockchain infrastructure at scale requires serious hardware, careful optimization, and skilled developers - it's not as simple as "it's on-chain so it must be easy."
The story highlights the hidden complexity and costs of providing reliable blockchain data services.
We just went through a wild ride updating our Solana infrastructure 🚀 If you think “it’s on the chain so it must be easy,” buckle up. 🧵
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