# Updates on Test Data

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/updates-on-test-data/26034>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [April 30, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/updates-on-test-data/26034 "2024-04-30T15:36:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![jammerdan](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/jammerdan/32/1121_2.png) [@jammerdan](https://forum.storj.io/u/jammerdan)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/updates-on-test-data/26034/2154 "2024-09-20T10:00:57Z")

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> [@snorkel](#):
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> Yeah, some miss comunication have taken place there, Storj didn’t bring the certification in discussion, the customer didn’t think of it, and it was a last minute thing

It is not just with this customer. It happened in the official communication sometimes too (sometimes not). I am too lazy to search right now but I think I have seen videos with Storj officials referring only to data centers as storage locations.

We also had it here:

> [@Discussion on Commercial Storage Node Operator Program](https://forum.storj.io/t/discussion-on-commercial-storage-node-operator-program/23518/44):
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> And I must say it doesn’t help alleviate my worries. Most of it is just a great way to promote Storj, but the sentence “Storj partners with datacenters and companies all around the world to put unused capacity to work” bothers me. What about us home node operators then?

This lack of clarity has also been perpetuated in articles, such as the one on Blocks and Files:  
[Storj claims edge in reducing carbon footprint – Blocks and Files](https://blocksandfiles.com/2023/06/29/storj-carbon-emissions/)

> [Decentralized storage](https://blocksandfiles.com/2022/04/24/dstorage/) places data in multiple locations rather than in a single, centralized datacenter. **The paper, titled “How Using Spare Capacity for Data Storage is Better for the Environment,” explains that datacenters over-provision disk capacity to cater for drive failures and future growth. Storj hires that capacity all around the globe and uses it to store distributed shards** or slices of its erasure-coded data.

This can create false impressions among customers, who may assume that Storj’s storage capacity is certified and only ask for proof of certification after the storage deal has been signed.

> [@snorkel](#):
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> The network has been tested with more settings and adjustements and gave us the oportunity to impruve our setups, making us more future proof. I’m not so disappointed.

I am not too disappointed too:

> [@SNO Capacity Planning](https://forum.storj.io/t/sno-capacity-planning/26722/61):
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> So I guess a planning to expand are halted until the numbers are reliable again.

At least this potential customer has led to extensive testing again and has helped to resolve some issues that might not have been addressed otherwise.

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