Advantage graceful exit? Setup change

Node Operators
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Hey everyone,

I have too many nodes at my location because I took some over from a friend. I only have one IP address/location.
Unfortunately, my system performance suffers too much from so many nodes and after the test data was removed, it no longer makes sense to run so many hard disks
All nodes now have approx. 3TB of data.

I have the following hard disks/nodes:
2x 14TB
3x 12TB
1x 10TB
All should be CMR.

How much total capacity/nodes makes sense per IP address?
What is the maximum size of a node that makes the most sense?
I once heard of 8TB.

Do I have any big advantage with a graceful exit (except that I get paid a little longer)?
I need to reduce the nodes as quickly as possible.

Thank you! :slight_smile:

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If you need to reduce nodes quickly then just start turning them off (smallest first) until your system performance feels reasonable again. You don’t have another computer you could move a couple HDDs to? Graceful-exit is preferred… but not quick.

There’s no max size of node per IP address: though I’ve heard once you get to 20TB+ that ingress and deletions start to balance each other out… so node growth essentially stops. I don’t hear much about large nodes not working: more than people become more annoyed with the duration of maintenance tasks (like filewalkers) as used-space grows.

It sucks to be giving up around $5/month that those HDDs are probably paying now… but having a usable computer is more important. Good luck!

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only for the old ones, at least 6 months old.

Otherwise - ok, thank you for your contribution… It would be better to keep them online, but - well… It is YOUR decision at the end…

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I would keep the biggest drives ON, no matter the size of storagenodes. They have the best ratio between energy consumption and payout.
I have nodes of 15TB that are still increasing, so… You could keep the 2 x14TB.
The GE takes 30 days to complete, no matter the node size. But your node must be 7+ months old.

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Seems not to work

docker exec -it storagenode_10TB_WD_Kai /app/config/bin/storagenode exit-status --config-dir /app/config --identity-dir /app/identity
2024-10-15T16:01:43+02:00       INFO    Configuration loaded    {"Process": "storagenode", "Location": "/app/config/config.yaml"}
2024-10-15T16:01:43+02:00       INFO    Anonymized tracing enabled      {"Process": "storagenode"}
2024-10-15T16:01:43+02:00       INFO    Identity loaded.        {"Process": "storagenode", "Node ID": "1h4qHdvRWD5QMB5LnDnnZShHLAmBHxWcxMrLgW927QD9U4JwmY"}

Domain Name                  Node ID                                              Percent Complete  Successful  Completion Receipt
saltlake.tardigrade.io:7777  1wFTAgs9DP5RSnCqKV1eLf6N9wtk4EAtmN5DpSxcs8EjT69tGE   0.00%             N           N/A  
ap1.storj.io:7777            121RTSDpyNZVcEU84Ticf2L1ntiuUimbWgfATz21tuvgk3vzoA6  0.00%             N           N/A  
us1.storj.io:7777            12EayRS2V1kEsWESU9QMRseFhdxYxKicsiFmxrsLZHeLUtdps3S  0.00%             N           N/A  
eu1.storj.io:7777            12L9ZFwhzVpuEKMUNUqkaTLGzwY9G24tbiigLiXpmZWKwmcNDDs  0.00%             N           N/A
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It’s working. You won’t see a progress. Just keep your nodes online for more than 30 days and you will see Success or Complete and a Receipe as a long string of chars. That’s the GE completion.

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