Hardware and Operating System Requirements
Because of the very specific nature of Kima's security model, explained in the validators intro and in the Kima White Paper, you need to ensure you meet the following hardware requirements before you become a Kima validator:
Must be an Intel XEON E-series or any other XEON supporting SGX-SPS (Server Platform Services). The motherboard must also support SGX.
CPU: 4vCPU (8vCPU recommended)
RAM: 16GB (32GB recommended)
Storage: 512GB HDD (1TB recommended)
Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04
SGX requirements
Must be an Intel XEON E-series or any other XEON supporting SGX-SPS (Server Platform Services). The motherboard must also support SGX. The below list of supported SGX-compliant CPUs List is current for the first half of 2024
Compliant CPUs
Intel XEON E-2174G
Intel XEON E-2176G
Intel XEON E-2178G
Intel XEON E-2186G
Intel XEON E-2188G
Intel XEON E-2274G
Intel XEON E-2276G
Intel XEON E-2278G
Intel XEON E-2286G
Intel XEON E-2288G
Intel XEON E-2334G
Intel XEON E-2386G
Intel XEON E-2388G
Compliant servers
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