Building Testnet Infrastructure from the ground up
summary
Builds a production-scale testnet with 87 servers using Threadripper CPUs, runs Nomad over Kubernetes and standard Grafana/Prometheus plus custom telemetry, prefers owned hardware or colo to cut bandwidth and recurring fees, highlights single-threaded performance benefits of consumer CPUs, warns about overengineering and brittle software stacks, and cites examples of testnets costing up to $1M/year.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Testnet infrastructure intro
- 1:13Key testnet questions
- 2:59Cost-effective hardware
- 5:46Hardware procurement
- 7:13Development challenges
- 8:20Hardware and software
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