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Dedicated Clusters

Single-tenant blockchain infrastructure

Isolated blockchain clusters sized to your read/write mix and peak RPS. Predictable latency, elastic throughput, multi-region failover, observability, and custom SLAs.

Looking for a single dedicated node on one chain, self-serve? See Dedicated Node. This page is for multi-region, custom-SLA, institutional deployments.
Isolation
Single-tenant
No shared neighbors
Active-active
Multi-region
<500ms failover
SLAs
Custom
Written into contract
Certified
SOC 2 Type II
Report under NDA

RPC isolation, from a shared pool to a single-tenant cluster

Dedicated Clusters trade burst-from-pool economics for full isolation. Compute, memory, network, and storage are allocated to your workload. No shared rate limits, no neighbor-induced tail latency.

Tier 1

Shared RPC

Noisy neighbors: Yes

Many tenants behind one pool. Per-customer rate limits, shared compute and network.

Tenancy
Multi-tenant
Capacity
Burst from pool
p99 latency
Sensitive to neighbors
Cost
$ (lowest)

Picked when

Hobby projects, prototypes, low-traffic dApps.

Tier 2

Semi-dedicated

Noisy neighbors: Bounded

Reserved capacity on shared infrastructure. Better tail latency than pooled, but neighbors still exist.

Tenancy
Reserved share
Capacity
Committed RPS
p99 latency
Bounded
Cost
$$ (mid)

Picked when

Growing apps that need predictable capacity without full isolation.

Tier 3

Dedicated Cluster

Noisy neighbors: No

Single-tenant compute, memory, network, and storage. No neighbors, so latency moves with your traffic alone.

Tenancy
Single-tenant
Capacity
Contractual RPS + burst
p99 latency
Guaranteed in SLA
Cost
$$$ (highest)

Picked when

Exchanges, DeFi protocols, MEV, wallets, regulated workloads.

Workloads that need their own cluster

Exchanges

CEX and DEX backends

Hot-wallet RPC, withdrawal broadcasting, and deposit indexing on isolated capacity. No competing tenants during volume spikes or market events.

Institutions

Custody and asset managers

Compliance-friendly infrastructure with audit-ready logs, IP allowlists, mTLS, and SSO with your identity provider.

Bots

MEV, arbitrage, and HFT

Dedicated Nodes placed in the region your strategy runs from, with private mempool access on supported chains. Built for latency-bound strategies.

Active-active across 8 regions, with a <500ms failover target

Single-region clusters fail under regional outages. Every workload runs active-active across at least two regions. Automatic failover, client unaware. Latencies below are measured from regional ingress to nearest cluster node.

8 regions · reference topology

  • Primary
  • Peer
  • Active-active pair
  • Backbone
us-east-1Ashburn · 8 msus-west-2Hillsboro · 10 mssa-east-1São Paulo · 16 mseu-west-2London · 11 mseu-centralFrankfurt · 9 msap-south-1Mumbai · 14 msap-se-1Singapore · 12 msap-ne-1Tokyo · 10 ms
  • us-east-1AshburnPrimary · NA · 8 ms
  • us-west-2HillsboroPeer · NA · 10 ms
  • sa-east-1São PauloEdge · LATAM · 16 ms
  • eu-west-2LondonPeer · EMEA · 11 ms
  • eu-centralFrankfurtPrimary · EMEA · 9 ms
  • ap-south-1MumbaiEdge · IN · 14 ms
  • ap-se-1SingaporePeer · APAC · 12 ms
  • ap-ne-1TokyoPrimary · APAC · 10 ms
3 active-active pairsp99 ≤ 16ms regional ingress<500ms failoverSLA · 99.95%

Default

Geo-nearest

Anycast routes requests to the closest healthy region. Default for read-heavy workloads.

Per method

Latency-targeted

Per-method routing. Broadcast lands at the lowest-latency mempool, reads at the cheapest region.

On incident

Active-active failover

Cutover in <500ms on regional incidents, behind the same endpoint URL.

Rollouts

Weighted distribution

Pin a percentage of traffic to a specific region for canary rollouts or compliance.

SLA terms per method, with credits applied automatically

An RPC SLA that covers uptime alone leaves out the failures you notice. Ours also sets p95 and p99 latency per method, sustained and burst RPS, error-rate ceilings, and incident response, with automatic credits when we miss.

  • Uptime

    What it measures
    Monthly availability per endpoint
    Standard
    99.95%
    Premium
    99.99%
    Remedy
    Auto credits, tiered
  • p95 latency

    What it measures
    Per-method 95th percentile RTT to regional edge
    Standard
    Set in your contract
    Premium
    Set in your contract
    Remedy
    Method-scoped credit
  • p99 latency

    What it measures
    Per-method tail latency, the figure that hurts when it slips
    Standard
    <100ms
    Premium
    <80ms
    Remedy
    Method-scoped credit
  • Sustained RPS

    What it measures
    Contracted request capacity, never throttled below it
    Standard
    Custom
    Premium
    Custom + burst
    Remedy
    Right-size on request
  • Error rate

    What it measures
    5xx ceiling over rolling window
    Standard
    Set in your contract
    Premium
    Set in your contract
    Remedy
    Credit + root-cause
  • Incident response

    What it measures
    An on-call engineer acknowledges and owns the incident
    Standard
    Set in your contract
    Premium
    Set in your contract
    Remedy
    Shared incident bridge
  • Failover

    What it measures
    Active-active regional cutover
    Standard
    <500ms
    Premium
    Set in your contract
    Remedy
    No client-side retries

Credits are automatic

We measure ourselves against the SLA, log every breach, and credit your account automatically. You never file a ticket to claim one.

Latency terms at p95 and p99

A global average can hide one slow method. We write latency terms against p95 and p99, scoped per method, so each path is measured on its own.

Sample SLA before contract

We share a redacted sample SLA during scoping. You see the exact wording, remedies, and exclusions before you sign.

Observability and security on every cluster

Full observability stack

Per-method latency, error rate, and saturation metrics. Live dashboards, anomaly detection, and integration with your existing observability tools (Grafana, Datadog, PagerDuty).

Enterprise security and compliance

SOC 2 Type II infrastructure, private networking, IP allowlists, mTLS, and key-vaulted credentials. SSO with your identity provider. Audit-ready logs retained per your policy.

Sized from your traffic, cut over on your schedule

  1. Capacity assessment

    We profile your read/write mix, peak RPS, method usage, and tail-latency targets. Output: a sizing recommendation and a cost model you can compare against your current spend.

  2. Cluster design

    Region selection, replica topology, execution-client mix, indexer modules, networking, and observability. Each choice is checked against your per-method p99 target.

  3. Deploy and cut over

    Cluster provisioned and tested in parallel to your existing setup. Cutover behind your control. Incremental traffic shifting or a clean switch on your schedule.

  4. Operate under SLA

    24/7 monitoring, incident response, client upgrades, and regular reliability reviews. SLA credits apply automatically. Your architect adjusts capacity on request, without a ticket queue.

Before you size a cluster

Need something specific? Talk to an engineer.

  • A single-tenant deployment of dedicated nodes. Compute, memory, network, and storage are allocated to your workload alone. No shared neighbors, no shared rate limits, and no competition for resources during traffic spikes. The output is a private RPC Endpoint with capacity, latency, and uptime guarantees written into your contract.

  • Shared RPC pools many customers behind one cluster with per-customer rate limits. Cost-efficient, but tail latency is sensitive to neighbor behavior. Semi-dedicated reserves capacity but shares the underlying infrastructure. Dedicated clusters isolate compute, memory, network, and storage. Predictable tail latency and contractually guaranteed throughput.

  • When tail latency matters (liquidations, arbitrage, market data), when you serve a large user base and noisy-neighbor risk is unacceptable, when compliance requires isolated tenancy, or when usage is high enough that dedicated capacity is cost-competitive with bursty shared tiers. Typical inflection point: sustained high request volume, or a p99 requirement at the <80ms dedicated target.

  • Any of the 28+ chains we run Dedicated Nodes on, including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Polygon, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Cosmos, Polkadot, Tron, and Bitcoin. Mainnet, and testnet where the chain has one. If your chain isn't listed, ask: we confirm a provisioning timeline for a new network after engineering review.

  • Yes. Active-active deployments across two or more regions with automatic failover in <500ms. Routing strategies include geo-nearest, latency-targeted, and weighted distribution. Failover is transparent to your client. No retries or sticky-session logic required on your side.

  • Uptime (typically 99.95% to 99.99%), p95 and p99 latency targets per method, sustained and burst RPS, error-rate ceilings, and incident response time. SLAs are written into the contract with automatic service credits, not credits-on-request. We provide a sample SLA before negotiation.

  • Live dashboards for per-method latency, error rate, and saturation. Anomaly detection on traffic patterns and tail latency. Native integration with Grafana, Datadog, PagerDuty, and Slack. Logs and metrics can be streamed into your existing observability stack via standard protocols (OTLP, Prometheus remote write).

  • Yes. Specify execution client version (Geth, Erigon, Nethermind, Besu, Reth, etc.), consensus client for Ethereum (Lighthouse, Prysm, Teku, Nimbus), Bor and Heimdall for Polygon, and indexer modules (trace and debug namespaces, Otterscan on Erigon). We deploy and operate to your spec.

  • Pricing is quoted per engagement, based on cluster size, region count, replica topology, SLA tier, and chain. We deliver a cost model after the capacity assessment so you can compare against your current spend before contracting.

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  • We commit to a provisioning date in the contract, after the capacity assessment. Single-region clusters come up faster than multi-region deployments. Archive nodes with full historical state take longer to sync, but the cluster serves forward traffic as soon as it is provisioned.

  • Yes. Instanodes is SOC 2 Type II certified, and the report is available under NDA. Our controls cover access, encryption, change management, and incident response.

  • Yes. Every Dedicated Cluster contract includes a named architect for capacity planning, migrations, and regular business reviews. Your architect is your single point of contact across products.

  • Yes. We run your Dedicated Cluster in parallel to your existing provider, then shift traffic in steps you set, for example 1%, 10%, 50%, then 100%, over a window you control. You can roll back at any step, and your clients see no downtime.

Capacity that's yours alone.

Share your traffic profile, latency targets, and chain mix. We send back a sizing recommendation, a sample SLA, and a price, before contract.