Are you running a Member server - not strictly necessary if you want to develop a theme, you can just run it against the default server. But can you tell me a bit more about the
Yes: pointed at a full node. It seems to chug along as fast as the RPC can respond. I think the death knell was overheating => shutdown => corrupted sql. Not the best box in the world.
There's a rate limiter in the config I think. Also, for the initial load, it uses high risk database settings to allow for a fast sync. If your node goes down though, it should wait