New node anything i should be aware of?

Welcome to the forum @epsilonion.

You could have a look at @BrightSilence’s estimator to have an idea on what ROI you could expect:

You won’t get much at first as it gets time for a node to grow.

Your specs are more than okay and your Internet connection should be more than enough also.
I don’t know about the VM though, but I guess it’s okay as some other SNOs run nodes within VMs too.

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