# Run an Ethereum node: path-based state scheme for Geth saves up to 85% of space

Source: https://twitter.com/peter_szilagyi/status/1693850414456725576
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Run-an-Ethereum-node-path-based-state-scheme-for-Geth-saves-up-to-85percent-of-space?index=0x64e6213dca9895948588e7d9d7c376354c1797db90d258bc146fc4c6edaefb9df3ca9e0d
Submitted by 0x0b5c...65aF on 2023-08-23 UTC, 2 upvotes, 0 comments

Finally, some action!

Our hash based node overdosed on disk and the machine called it a day. Final block was 15,429,782 with a state db of 1.37TB + 384GB old blocks.

Path based node is still running, currently at block 17,317,725 with a state db of 251GB + 514GB old blocks.