Problem Some nodes are running into problems where a high amount of traffic runs into a bottleneck. This bottleneck could be related to disk IO, like SMR disks running into their write limitations, slow and older disks or USB2 disks. This could lead to the node hardware becoming unbearably slow and …

In theory under relatively constant load the value should stabilize, then increase during idle periods and decrease during heavy load.

Hey BrightSilence, thank you for your input. First, let me point out some global problems, and the implementation of any of your ideas will result in higher centralization of data. Much more, it creates a possibility to manipulate the distribution. But all in all, you are right we need, and we are …

[image] Toyoo: Another problem is malicious users, which could devastate the network by requesting a lot of connections, and never actually making them. The proposed solutions only offer a way to limit transfers where they are otherwise unlimited. Unlimited would still be the default for all …

While the discussion is interesting… The basic problem is that slow nodes based upon non-enterprise hardware aren’t going to last long in a full production environment… let alone a SOC experimenter board. A node running on a Raspberry Pi might have a good run for a number of months with low levels…

[image] anon27637763: Long term, a network of RPi connected drives is just not going to work in production. That could be, though IIRC right now RPi+single HDD is the recommended setup. I guess if there is a lot of them then it would be OK. You know, what if we take my suggestion (option 4) …

[image] anon27637763: The only ways to ensure RPi nodes don’t get left behind are to lower the Storj network performance or create a tiered network. Limiting the number of connections is not going to solve the long term issues related to running a commercial application on the lowest-end consume…

[image] anon27637763: Long term, a network of RPi connected drives is just not going to work in production. I remember seeing something similar written by Storj/Tardigrade back in Fall 2019 on their “Launching Soon” web page. They put it a little nicer… something like, “While a network of Raspbe…

Thanks for the response @BlackDuck [image] BlackDuck: the implementation of any of your ideas will result in higher centralization of data. No more than using the max-concurrent-requests setting would. I’d even go as far as argue that nodes that are unable to win races right now because of …

[image] BrightSilence: So a good implementation would serve decentralization, not harm it. I don’t see a perfect implemention right now. As a malicious I could generate request to bring you node into the limits, and exclude it from the the seletion list for some time. [image] BrightSilenc…

[image] BlackDuck: As a malicious I could generate request to bring you node into the limits, and exclude it from the the seletion list for some time. Can you change my nodes IP address to some bogus value to get it ofline or the wallet address to yours? If not then maybe the same protection …

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