Ofc you get paid for test data, I know that. But I think it does not make sense to fill up a node with test data blocking it from being vetted on other satellites.
Here is a real world example: I am filling a node currently. At current testing data flow my 2TB are filled up in 10 days.
There is no way of telling if the node is fully vetted on the other satellites by then. I don’t want to dedicate more space to it right now. So it might happen that the node is full and vetting for other satellites ceases until at some point test data may get deleted and vetting resumes but can take up to 30 days after. And if new test data flows in it ceases again. So becoming vetted can take months.
This does not make sense to me.
There should be a setting to reserve space for non-test data satellites .