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name: server-setup
description: Ben's droplet layout decisions (main vs research-box vs firstmin) and the server rules for all teams; read before placing any job on a server.
sources: [cowork]
aliases: [server rules, droplet layout, research-box, main droplet]
---
- [stated] 7 Oct 2026: Ben approved resizing the main droplet 159.223.88.168 to 4 vCPU / 8 GB ($48/mo, disk kept at 80 GB so it can be downscaled).
- [stated] 7 Oct 2026: going with research jobs running only on research-box 152.42.241.219; main keeps live bots and feeds only; firstmin 178.128.20.136 is for fmmc5 live trading only.
- [stated] 7 Oct 2026: no team may run code fetched from a public paste site; rules communicated to all supervisors at http://159.223.88.168/hx-c9ois/server-rules.md