# Recommended hardware

When you are hosting your own instance of Ellipsis Drive we recommend the following hardware for the docker containers:

<table><thead><tr><th>Node</th><th>CPU's</th><th>RAM</th><th>Disk</th><th data-hidden></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>API (pool)</code></td><td>4 to 16</td><td>16Gb to 32Gb</td><td>4Gb</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>Cache database (pool)</code></td><td>4 to 8</td><td>8Gb to 16Gb</td><td>4Gb</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>Centeral metadata storage</code></td><td>4 to 8</td><td>8Gb to 16Gb</td><td>32Gb</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>Main cluster node</code></td><td>4</td><td>8Gb to 16Gb</td><td>4Gb</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>Actived raster data node (pool)</code></td><td>4</td><td>4Gb to 8Gb</td><td>2Tb to 32Tb</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>Activated vector data (pool)</code></td><td>8</td><td>8Gb to 16Gb</td><td>100Gb to 4Tb</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>Raster activation (pool)</code></td><td>16</td><td>32Gb to 64Gb</td><td>16Gb</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Vector <code>activation (pool)</code></td><td>16</td><td>32Gb to 64Gb</td><td>16Gb</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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MIND THAT HARDWARE REQUIREMETNS ARE ONLY RELEVANT WHEN YOU ARE HOSTING YOUR OWN INSTANCE. If you have Ellipsis Drive hosting your private instance for you as a service you will not need to concern yourself with any hardware requirements or scaling.
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Architecture of the docker containers of Ellipsis Drive

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