Private Westend People RPC Endpoints on a Dedicated Node

No. Westend People is the identity, or people, system parachain on Westend, which is Polkadot's primary test network. It is a sandbox for testing identity pallet migrations and recovery flows with free WND tokens that have no monetary value. When your integration is ready, you move it to the production Polkadot People chain.

Shared testnet RPC pools throttle you with rate limits and noisy-neighbor latency exactly when you are load testing. A dedicated Westend People RPC node gives you single-tenant resources, your own access rules, and unlimited requests, so your test results reflect your code rather than someone else's traffic.

Most teams start with a pruned full node because it serves current-state reads and transaction submission with far lower storage needs. Choose an archive node when your test tooling must query full history, power an explorer, or run deep analytics. If you are unsure, tell us your workload and we will map you to the right node type.

Yes. Westend People is a system parachain, so the node runs the polkadot-parachain binary and tracks both the parachain and the Westend relay chain that secures it. We provision from snapshots where possible so both layers reach a usable state quickly instead of syncing from genesis.

Yes. Most developers use Polkadot.js over WebSocket for subscriptions and real-time updates. Your dedicated Westend People node can expose WebSocket endpoints, and you can keep them private or public based on your access model. For tighter control, restrict access by IP and allow only trusted clients.

You can expose the standard RPC and WebSocket ports used by Substrate-based nodes. We recommend exposing only what you need. Many teams restrict access to known IPs, put a reverse proxy in front, and keep admin surfaces closed. With a dedicated server, you define firewall rules that match your risk level and traffic profile.

Yes. That is a core benefit of running a dedicated Westend People node on dedicated servers. You can scale up resources as load grows, add storage for archive needs, and move to higher core counts for heavy concurrency, keeping your test endpoint stable without rebuilding on a new platform.

No. Unlike shared RPC providers that bill per "compute unit" and throttle you past a quota, a dedicated node is a flat monthly price with unlimited requests and zero overages. One node equals all the throughput your hardware can serve. That makes budgeting predictable and removes the surprise bills that come with usage-based RPC pricing.

Shared RPC pools serve thousands of customers from pooled infrastructure, so you inherit rate limits, noisy-neighbor latency, and compute-unit billing. A RedSwitches node runs on single-tenant bare metal that is yours alone: reserved CPU, RAM, and NVMe, a dedicated 10/25 Gbps port, and a private endpoint you control. Performance tracks your hardware, not another tenant's traffic.

No. We provision from current snapshots so your node is live in hours rather than syncing from genesis for days. You can run it yourself with full root access, or choose our fully managed option where our engineers handle the sync, updates, and monitoring. Either way you receive a working private endpoint, not an empty server.

Yes. With 20+ Tier III locations across the US, EU, Asia, and Australia you can place your node in the same region as your users or a chain's sequencer to cut round-trip latency. Tell us your target region and we will recommend the closest facility. You can also run multi-region nodes for redundancy and split read and write endpoints.