That is a bit harder to estimate. At the moment I am estimating that we would fill 75% of the nodes (doesn’t mean 75% of total space!). So technically we don’t need any extra space. The point is adding more space on these smaller nodes would give us more bandwidth to work with. I am trying to model that out ahead of time. (There are some mistakes included in this calculation. I need to improve my calculations next week.)
There are also some options we haven’t invested into like reducing the storage expansion factor or a modification on the node selection. Having more free space available will give us more time for these modifications. I don’t want to do that under time pressure. Having a better understanding of our situation ahead of time will also help us to prioritize better.
Thanks for the feedback. I forwarded it to the team.
Removing that limitation is not an option. If you have too much space in one location the only option would be to join the storj select program.