solana cli args for agave and firedancer (soon)

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accounts db ancient storage ideal size

The smallest size of ideal ancient storage.
accounts db hash calculation pubkey bins

The number of pubkey bins used for accounts hash calculation.
accounts db max ancient storages

The number of ancient storages the ancient slot combining should converge to.
accounts db snapshots use experimental accumulator hash

Snapshots use the experimental accumulator hash
accounts db verify experimental accumulator hash

Verifies the experimental accumulator hash
rayon global threads

Number of threads to use for the global rayon thread pool
rocksdb compaction threads

Number of threads to use for rocksdb (Blockstore) compactions
rocksdb flush threads

Number of threads to use for rocksdb (Blockstore) memtable flushes
tpu max connections per peer

Controls the max concurrent connections per IpAddr.
tpu max fwd staked connections

Controls the max concurrent connections for TPU-forward from staked nodes.

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account

Load an account from the provided JSON file (see `solana account --help` on how to dump an account to file). Files are searched for relatively to CWD and testsfixtures. If ADDRESS is omitted via the `-` placeholder, the one in the file will be used. If the ledger already exists then this parameter is silently ignored"
account dir

Load all the accounts from the JSON files found in the specified DIRECTORY (see also the `--account` flag). If the ledger already exists then this parameter is silently ignored"
account index exclude key

When account indexes are enabled, exclude this key from the index.
account index include key

When account indexes are enabled, only include specific keys in the index. This overrides --account-index-exclude-key."
account indexes

Enable an accounts index, indexed by the selected account field
account paths

Comma separated persistent accounts location. May be specified multiple times. [default: <LEDGER>accounts]"
account shrink path

Path to accounts shrink path which can hold a compacted account set.
accounts db access storages method

Access account storages using this method
accounts db cache limit mb

How large the write cache for account data can become. If this is exceeded, the cache is flushed more aggressively."
accounts db clean threads

Number of threads to use for cleaning AccountsDb

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accounts db ancient append vecs

AppendVecs that are older than (slots_per_epoch - SLOT-OFFSET) are squashed together."
accounts db ancient storage ideal size

The smallest size of ideal ancient storage.
accounts db caching enabled

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accounts db create ancient storage packed

Create ancient storages in one shot instead of appending.
accounts db experimental accumulator hash

Enables the experimental accumulator hash
accounts db hash calculation pubkey bins

The number of pubkey bins used for accounts hash calculation.
accounts db index hashing

Enables the use of the index in hash calculation in AccountsHashVerifierAccounts Background Service."
accounts db max ancient storages

The number of ancient storages the ancient slot combining should converge to.
accounts db read cache limit mb

How large the read cache for account data can become, in mebibytes
accounts db scan filter for shrinking

Debug option to use different type of filtering for accounts index scan in shrinking. "all" will scan both in-memory and on-disk accounts index, which is the default. "only-abnormal" will scan in-memory accounts index only for abnormal entries and skip scanning on-disk accounts index by assuming that on-disk accounts index contains only normal accounts index entry. "only-abnormal-with-verify" is similar to "only-abnormal", which will scan in-memory index for abnormal entries, but will also verify that on-disk account entries are indeed normal."

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accounts db access storages method

Access account storages using this method
block production method

BlockProductionMethod::cli_message()
block verification method

BlockVerificationMethod::cli_message()
skip poh verify

Skip ledger verification at validator bootup.

hidden cli args

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accounts db ancient append vecs

AppendVecs that are older than (slots_per_epoch - SLOT-OFFSET) are squashed together."
accounts db ancient storage ideal size

The smallest size of ideal ancient storage.
accounts db create ancient storage packed

Create ancient storages in one shot instead of appending.
accounts db experimental accumulator hash

Enables the experimental accumulator hash
accounts db hash calculation pubkey bins

The number of pubkey bins used for accounts hash calculation.
accounts db max ancient storages

The number of ancient storages the ancient slot combining should converge to.
accounts db read cache limit mb

How large the read cache for account data can become, in mebibytes
accounts db scan filter for shrinking

Debug option to use different type of filtering for accounts index scan in shrinking. "all" will scan both in-memory and on-disk accounts index, which is the default. "only-abnormal" will scan in-memory accounts index only for abnormal entries and skip scanning on-disk accounts index by assuming that on-disk accounts index contains only normal accounts index entry. "only-abnormal-with-verify" is similar to "only-abnormal", which will scan in-memory index for abnormal entries, but will also verify that on-disk account entries are indeed normal."
accounts db snapshots use experimental accumulator hash

Snapshots use the experimental accumulator hash
accounts db squash storages method

Squash multiple account storage files together using this method

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