RE: Hive Node Setup for the Smart, the Dumb, and the Lazy.

The results are in:

• revision: 4921cb8c4abe093fa173ebfb9340a94ddf5ace7a
• same config in both runs (no AH or other plugins that add a lot of data, just witness and APIs, including wallet bridge)
• in both runs 87310000 blocks were processed (actually slightly more, with replay covering around 10 blocks extra that previous sync run added to block log while in live sync)
• replay with validation (from start up to Performance report (total).) - 124225649 ms which is 34.5 hours, avg. block processing time (from Performance report at block) is 1.423 ms/block
• sync (from start up to entering live mode) - 143988777 ms which is 40 hours, avg. block processing time (from Syncing Blockchain) is 1.649 ms/block

I'm curious how @gtg measurements will look in comparison.

Sync to replay ratio shoots up the most in areas of low blockchain activity, which is understandable, since small blocks are processed faster than they can be acquired from network, but in other areas sync is still 10-20% slower.

And the likely reason I remembered sync as faster than that is due to difference in computer speed - my home computer appears to be over 60% faster than the one I was running above experiments on, which would mean it should almost fit the sync inside 24 hours.