# Technical Requirements

### Block Producer recommended specifications

* Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
* 8 CPU, 16 Gb RAM, 50 GB SSD
* Use SSH Client, (iTerm in MacOS or MobaXterm, PuTTY for Windows or others)

### Snark Worker recommended specifications

* Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
* 8+ CPU, 16+ Gb RAM, 50 GB SSD
* Use SSH Client, (iTerm in MacOS or MobaXterm, PuTTY for Windows or others)

{% hint style="info" %}
If you use the **Producer** + **Snark worker** on the same server, you will need more than 16GB RAM. I recommend using a server with 32GB+ RAM.
{% endhint %}

### SSH clients for connecting to the server:

iTerm - <https://iterm2.com/downloads/stable/latest>

MobaXterm - <https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download.html>

Termius - <https://termius.com/>

PuTTY - <https://www.putty.org/>


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