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19 changes: 11 additions & 8 deletions docs/base-chain/node-operators/snapshots.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -31,21 +31,24 @@ These steps assume you are in the cloned `node` directory (the one containing `d

| Network | Client | Snapshot Type | Download Command (`wget …`) |
| -------- | ------ | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Testnet | Reth | Archive (recommended)| `wget https://sepolia-reth-archive-snapshots.base.org/$(curl https://sepolia-reth-archive-snapshots.base.org/latest)` |
| Testnet | Reth | Full | Coming Soon |
| Testnet | Geth | Full | `wget https://sepolia-full-snapshots.base.org/$(curl https://sepolia-full-snapshots.base.org/latest)` |
| Mainnet | Reth | Archive (recommended)| `wget https://mainnet-reth-archive-snapshots.base.org/$(curl https://mainnet-reth-archive-snapshots.base.org/latest)` |
| Testnet | Reth | Full | Coming Soon |
| Mainnet | Geth | Full | `wget https://mainnet-full-snapshots.base.org/$(curl https://mainnet-full-snapshots.base.org/latest)` |
| Testnet | Reth | Archive (recommended)| `wget -c https://sepolia-reth-archive-snapshots.base.org/$(curl https://sepolia-reth-archive-snapshots.base.org/latest)` |
| Testnet | Reth | Pruned | `wget -c https://sepolia-reth-pruned-snapshots.base.org/$(curl https://sepolia-reth-pruned-snapshots.base.org/latest)` | |
| Testnet | Geth | Full | `wget -c https://sepolia-full-snapshots.base.org/$(curl https://sepolia-full-snapshots.base.org/latest)` |
| Mainnet | Reth | Archive (recommended)| `wget -c https://mainnet-reth-archive-snapshots.base.org/$(curl https://mainnet-reth-archive-snapshots.base.org/latest)` |
| Mainnet | Reth | Pruned | `wget -c https://mainnet-reth-pruned-snapshots.base.org/$(curl https://mainnet-reth-pruned-snapshots.base.org/latest)` | |
| Mainnet | Geth | Full | `wget -c https://mainnet-full-snapshots.base.org/$(curl https://mainnet-full-snapshots.base.org/latest)` |

<Note>
Ensure you have enough free disk space to download the snapshot archive (`.tar.gz` file) _and_ extract its contents. The extracted data will be significantly larger than the archive.
Ensure you have enough free disk space to download the snapshot archive (`.tar.gz` / `.tar.zst` file) _and_ extract its contents. The extracted data will be significantly larger than the archive.
</Note>

3. **Extract Snapshot**: Untar the downloaded snapshot archive. Replace `<snapshot-filename.tar.gz>` with the actual downloaded filename:
3. **Extract Snapshot**: Untar the downloaded snapshot archive. Replace `snapshot-filename` with the actual downloaded filename:

```bash
tar -xzvf <snapshot-filename.tar.gz>

# For .tar.zst
tar -I zstd -xvf <snapshot-filename.tar.zst>
```

4. **Move Data**: The extraction process will likely create a directory (e.g., `reth` or `geth`).
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