Why is it redundant? Just look at the data of the Filecoin test mainnet before. The storage servers of many node service providers are hundreds of terabytes or even hundreds of terabytes, but the data that ran out is terrible, but they have a good way to induce customers. Take a service provider’s 96T as an example, the price is 268,000, plus the annual custody fee of 12,000, the single T price is less than 3,000. You see, our total price is not high, there are many Ts, how cheap a single T is! However, the price of a single T is low and it is of no use.
The old saying goes well, cheap is not good. As can be seen from the above figure, since the third place, FIL income has been significantly reduced by more than N levels. The profit after the 6th place is almost negligible. However, these node service providers with pitifully low revenues often use dozens of Ts, or even hundreds of Ts. The service provider in the example above only accounts for 0.58% of total network revenue. In other words, if the entire network produces 100 FIL, it can only get half of it. Coveting the low price of single T, but not getting the return due to the investment, but feel that the Filecoin project is not good, or the whole industry is not good, this is a great disagreement to the few service providers who are really doing the landing. To be fair, it is a pity that users have missed this opportunity.
Why doesn't the storage business use storage space to judge the level?
Using storage space, that is, a large hard drive, to fool customers is often no disadvantage. The reason is that users who know Filecoin a little know that Filecoin is a project for storing data and gaining revenue. With large storage space, more data is stored, and the benefit is only Many, this kind of simple and rude logic is especially useful in front of half-knowledgeable and half-white customers. But this kind of bastard logic is also limited to fooling semi-novice customers. Those who really understand it in depth know that things are not that simple.
First of all, the acquisition of FIL comes from three ways: retrieval, block generation, and storage. The FIL obtained by storage has the highest proportion, which is beyond doubt. But the hard disk is large, but theoretically it can store more data, but it does not mean that it can store more in reality. A very simple example, two cars run the passenger transport business, a bus that can take 50 people only takes 2 people, and a small car takes 4 people. Under the same charging standard, it is obvious who earns more Up. In the same way, the data storage reward rules in the Filecoin network are unified, and the running server does not get more FIL if anyone can install more data; whoever actually saves more will get more FIL. As for who can store more, it relies on the ability to collect activities, that is, the result of a series of factors such as CPU, GPU, IDC data center, bidding software, brand machine and so on. Some storage servers have large memory, and most of the memory is idle.
How did the "T-only" rumors come about?
Regarding the spread of this rumor, some lacking service providers are advocating that they want to use this kind of opportunistic way to occupy the market. Why is this kind of rumor so "popular" among half-white customers? Here is a historical cause.
In other words, a long time ago (I learned about IPFS in 2018), the IPFS official did not specify the FIL reward method, but roughly introduced the project to use storage space to store data for profit, and the relative threshold was not set. Many users think that home computers can also participate in Filecoin to obtain FIL. With this foreshadowing, when many service businesses use "T-only theory" to fool customers, it will naturally be much easier.
Why don't some service providers stack T?
In Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen, the price of an ordinary 1T hard drive is only tens of dollars, even if it is a big brand like Seagate and Western Digital, it will not be too expensive. Putting T on top, the price seems much "reasonable". However, some Filecoin node service providers are unwilling to cater to the "cognition" of the market, or do they insist on making a single-T expensive luxury with small and sophisticated storage space?
How much data can be stored ultimately depends on the combination of CPU, GPU, IDC data center, bidding software, brand machines and other factors. The storage space is equivalent to a warehouse. If the overall business capacity of the service provider is low, it is meaningless to build the warehouse too large. Instead, it is a waste of resources. The parameter combination that can maximize the performance of each item is perfect.
Think rationally, choose carefully
In today's society, no one is stupid. There is a reason for being expensive, and there is a reason for being cheap. If you can’t figure out the only official test mainnet, and friends who are fooled by various copycat network data, I suggest you learn before investing in Filecoin.