# Requirements

Hosting your own local version of the archive is ideal for large-scale users such as infrastructure providers, explorers, or those wishing to access the archives with the highest possible throughput and lowest possible latency.

There are two parts to hosting the data:

* CAR files
* Indexes

### CAR Files

We recommend that you host the indexes on high-speed local or network storage. The critical element for high performance is that the indexes can be accessed with low latency. The CAR files themselves can be stored on somewhat higher-latency storage.

To get started on hosting your own archive, you have a few different options:

* Run warehouse nodes to [generate new car files continuously from Solana ledger copies](/running-old-faithful/sourcing-data/generating-from-rocksdb/warehouse-nodes.md)
* If you want a full or partial historical archive, you can:
  * [Generate your own archive from historical ledger copies](/running-old-faithful/sourcing-data/generating-from-rocksdb/historical-blocks.md)
  * [Clone OF1](/running-old-faithful/sourcing-data/of1.md)

### Indexes

Indexes are much easier to generate locally, but you may still pull them from the sources above.


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