# Whitespace Utilization

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/whitespace-utilization/12998>\
**Category:** Node Operators\
**Tags:** storagenode\
**Created:** [April 12, 2021, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/whitespace-utilization/12998 "2021-04-12T09:40:52Z")\
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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:** [April 12, 2021, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/whitespace-utilization/12998/13 "2021-04-12T10:56:31Z")

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> [@JimboSlice](#):
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> Why doesnt STORJ use the white space / idle bandwidth to generate revenue for storage node operators?

IMHO this is what they are doing. A big share, if not most of it is test traffic generated by Storj Labs.

> [@JimboSlice](#):
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> I’ve got a node running on my PC with 5 TB allocated,

Out of curiosity how much did you expect to make from 5 TB?

> [@JimboSlice](#):
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> I’m thinking that my PC isnt suitable for this job

Let me show you a suitable ‘PC’:  
 ![](https://cdn.hardkernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/hc2-%EB%B3%B4%EB%93%9C-3.jpg)  
It is a Odroid HC-2 and I am not kidding, I am running a node on it.

I guess most of us hope that finally network usage will increase. There are certainly some big customer required to make this worthwhile.

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