According to [#272976](https://stacker.news/items/272833/r/nullcount?commentId=272976) Seems like mempool's electrs is a fork of esplora, so it should be about as heavy as esplora is, right?

Yeah, I’m running a full node with mempool’s electrs fork. Didn’t want to run esplora because it’s wayyyy too heavy for most personal needs. 

Zk2u

 I saw mempool/electrs and assumed it wouldn't work cause it wasn't named Esplora. But looking into it now, makes perfect sense.

The esplora index I made a few months ago had similar footprint to what you describe. Ballooning to 1.3TB then compacted to about 800GB.

This is a huge tip! Thanks Tony!

nullcount

bitdevs

Anyone running Blockstream's Esplora Backend for Self-hosted Mempool?

You should use mempool's fork of electrs: https://github.com/mempool/electrs

Also be aware that you should probably have 1.5TB+ available. The syncing process requires a lot, but then you should expect 1TB or so of data that stays after it is done syncing. I forget exact numbers. 