Network Testing Timeline

Node Operators
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Hi All,

I was curious if there is a timeline or date when the network may return to a more “normal” status. For a couple of months now the network has been writing and deleting huge amounts of data. Until now, my ISP has been forgiving but 2 months in a row I’ve pulled down 100TB plus causing them to throttle me back to 4TB per month. Prior to the testing, I was doing about 4-5 TB per month. I know it’s hard to estimate when the results StorJ is looking for are met but is there any timeframe on the books?

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Unlimited connections are recommended for nodes: so this is normal

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The testing is in anticipation of a potentially large Storj customer(s) that will have the same upload and access pattern of what you’ve been seeing.

If you want to opt-out of the current testing you could probably gracefully exit SLC or block the IPs that are uploading the test pieces.

However I’m surprised with 100TB ingress 2 months in a row your nodes are not filled yet. Were they empty back when you were seeing 4TB/mo ingress?

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If they sign up the customer(s) they’re doing this testing in order to prove the customer’s use case, this will become normal.

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This is my concern as well, my ISP already throttle my internet connection down, now I only able get 10MB download consistently (sometime 3-4MB).

However I’m surprised with 100TB ingress 2 months in a row your nodes are not filled yet. Were they empty back when you were seeing 4TB/mo ingress?

It goes up then it go down, as test data, I expect that much. But if sign with customer with real data with this usage pattern, will become a conflict of interest with ISP provider.

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My nodes have been filled with data deleted and filled again over and over. I keep adding drives to accommodate the influx of data but am leery of adding more now. I’ve had a large stash of drives but am now running low. Not looking to opt out of this but more interested in what the intent is and how long it will last. For the time, I moved all my nodes back to my office which is truly unlimited data. I just had several at my home because I was doing a lot of configuration testing of my own.

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out of curiosity, who are these ISPs that are not charging for unlimited data, but are throttling it?

A lot of US residential ISPs, data is simply charged over a cap, or you have to pay for unlimited data, but the speed isn’t throttled.

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Vyve Broadband is here in Central Texas. The fine print on the contract says service is limited to 4tb. But of course when I signed up for service I asked the “Unlimited” question but the rep said it was unlimited period. The normal charges is $10 per 50GB after that so I’m thankful they just throttled me back to 100mb in July.

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Is that over a single ip? Curious since I get < 100mbps / 1TB a day at most.

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Technically, your internet isn’t stopped from downloading any data so its “unlimited”. Throttling comes under their Fair Usage Policy guidelines where other users aren’t affected by major bandwidth used by certain users.