Testing is done. We will switch back to SLC now.
Now to the test results. We can see that the maximum throughput without surge nodes has increased by about 20% in less than a month. We don’t know for sure how much load these customers are going to upload. It is more like a range. The good news is we can cover this range with no surge nodes for the most part. Only on the higher end of that range we would have to mix in surge nodes. And the second good news is even if we go nuts on the possible range and take the most unlikely scenario into account we can make that possible with a few more surge nodes.
This has been an interesting journey. We started with an almost impossible target and a few releases later with a lot of code changes it turns into a simple math problem that is easy to solve for any customer that needs it. Now we just need to wait to find out if this plan works out. Sorry I still don’t have an ETA or any more details for you. All I can say for now is that we are ready for these customers. And thank you all for your patience and the additional capacity you have added.