Trying to get an electrum server up and running but get following error in logs

INFO:root:ElectrumX server starting
INFO:BlockProcessor:switching current directory to /home/kipper01/.electrumx/db
INFO:BlockProcessor:reorg limit is 200 blocks
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/electrumx-0.9.19-py3.5.egg/EGG-INFO/scripts/electrumx_server.py", line 68, in main
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/electrumx-0.9.19-py3.5.egg/EGG-INFO/scripts/electrumx_server.py", line 49, in main_loop
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/electrumx-0.9.19-py3.5.egg/server/protocol.py", line 58, in __init__
    self.bp = BlockProcessor(env)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/electrumx-0.9.19-py3.5.egg/server/block_processor.py", line 161, in __init__
    super().__init__(env)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/electrumx-0.9.19-py3.5.egg/server/db.py", line 54, in __init__
    self.reopen_db(True)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/electrumx-0.9.19-py3.5.egg/server/db.py", line 86, in reopen_db
    self.db = open_db(db_name, self.env.db_engine, max_open_files)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/electrumx-0.9.19-py3.5.egg/server/storage.py", line 24, in open_db
    return db_class(name, for_sync)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/electrumx-0.9.19-py3.5.egg/server/storage.py", line 34, in __init__
    self.open(name, create=self.is_new, for_sync=for_sync)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/electrumx-0.9.19-py3.5.egg/server/storage.py", line 85, in open
    max_open_files=mof, compression=None)
  File "_plyvel.pyx", line 236, in plyvel._plyvel.DB.__init__ (plyvel/_plyvel.cpp:3129)
  File "_plyvel.pyx", line 80, in plyvel._plyvel.raise_for_status (plyvel/_plyvel.cpp:1698)
plyvel._plyvel.IOError: b'IO error: lock Bitcoin-mainnet/LOCK: Resource temporarily unavailable'
CRITICAL:root:ElectrumX server terminated abnormally

I guess I'm missing something then , isn't the blockchain size 60gb++ size at the moment ? how come I will be downloading a database of 20gb only ? what does the electrum database contains exactly

Looks good but If using the known Electrum Server will make me use  8Gb RAM , 200GB SSD , 2 CPUs VPS as mentioned above by mocacinno then how much ElectrumX is supposed to take ?

I really wanna kick this guy in his nuts but I can't - cause I know the meaning of his name [and he's on a different continent].

Community Fund Raiser:

Alright, this is CRUCIAL!

For 2 years I've tried to pull some top Bitcoin core devs to IX.  Of course they said no since they saw my ideas about Bitcoin having a design flaw as insane.  But now it's clear to everyone that I was correct and that SIDECHAINS are gonna play a major role in helping Bitcoin scale and innovate.

That said, I'm gonna try again and I feel like IX can get at least a few top devs from Bitcoin.

Problem is, these devs have something similar to stock options as part of their contracts.  They have Bitcoins locked in and so it's only fair to offer them IXcoin's as part of any employment package we offer them.

Therefore, I am doing a 50k IX fund raiser to help pay for some of the best devs in cryptoworld.  If I fail then obviously you'll get your IX back but failure sucks BAD so I fully expect to get through to these guys this time.

I lost everything in Cryptsy but I have been slowly buying some ixc back so allow me to start the fund with my donation of 15,777 IX. 

We can really do this - give what you can so we can do it together, as a community!


Regards,

Vlad



Donation address:  xj65Aseif8XggWnT36nhErjGFsTbysFoUR