In the future-Filecoin will lead the development of the next generation of distributed storage market
Filecoin is an incentive layer running on IPFS, which is a distributed storage network based on blockchain. It turns cloud storage into an algorithmic market, and FIL assumes the role of a trading medium for the entire market. The Filecoin protocol has data retrieval and data storage functions. Both parties of the transaction submit their own requirements in the market to complete the transaction.
When the Filecoin mainnet was launched, there were relatively few FIL circulating in the market. The initial mortgage loan set for miners in the Filecoin economic model does create a large threshold for storage miners. On the other hand, the block reward part must be released at 180 antennas, and the initial income cannot cover the initial mortgage of all sectors, which makes it difficult to continue to improve computing power. In general, not only the leading mining and industry associations encountered difficulties in this regard, but also set a high threshold for a group of potential miners who wish to participate in Filecoin mining.
FIP-0004 plans to immediately release 25% of the block reward will help alleviate this situation and make it easier for miners to overcome the early dilemma of insufficient collateral. Another point that needs to be emphasized is that Filecoin after the mainnet launch belongs to the community, and subsequent optimizations in these areas can make Filecoin more and more perfect in all aspects through FIP improvement suggestions.
Compared with traditional projects, Filecoin has the following advantages:
First, the difference in access interface satisfies the storage interaction of large files.
According to the survey, Ceph, GlusterFS and other mainstream servers are installed with Unix-like operating systems, and file storage supports POSXI's IO semantics. Filecoin data storage borrows traditional POSIX semantics. Because the file is too large to hold a single data block, IPFS requires IPFS Unixfs to use a pluggable data slicing algorithm to split the traditional POSIX semantics. Traditional POSXI semantic files are bytes stored in sequence, while IPFS Unixfs is a directed acyclic graph based on slices.
Second, elastic upgrade: At this stage, cold storage is the main thing, and then more applications, multi-clusters, multi-node large, medium and small file storage support.
Currently, Filecoin has just started, and there are not many mature and complete programs yet. The more mature service is mainly refrigeration. At present, there are already some product plans and other new directions for hot storage and large, medium and small file storage in the Filecoin ecosystem. It is believed that the future landing scene will be more comprehensive.
The current problem is that Filecoin is currently unable to meet the requirements of high data throughput, resulting in the limitations of large-scale commercial landing, but this problem will be gradually resolved, and the entire ecosystem is developing upward. In the future, Filecoin will lead the development of the next-generation distributed storage market.
Filecoin mining must be hosted in an IDC computer room, so how to choose an IDC computer room?
Choosing an IDC computer room usually considers the following main aspects:
First, the expansion is arranged in advance.
With the rapid development of Filecoin's entire network, it is necessary to consider subsequent expansion when choosing an IDC computer room. For example, for a computer room that can accommodate 100 cabinets, if there are no remaining cabinets in the computer room, the IDC computer room needs to be deployed during expansion, and then the cost of network bandwidth, fire protection, migration, etc. must be paid again. It can be seen that it is important to choose an appropriate size computer room to reduce unnecessary losses.
Second, the bandwidth speed is affected by different network operators.
To give a simple example, when we play a game, the game will be divided into telecommunications zone, China Unicom zone and mobile zone. If we connect to the China Unicom area through the telecommunications network, there will be pauses and other phenomena. The implication behind this is that the game server is only connected to China Unicom's network, and the telecom user experience will deteriorate. Therefore, the IDC computer room needs to select a matching network operator to ensure smooth bandwidth.
Third, the backup plan can ensure continuous power supply.
Electricity is the power source of the IDC machine room and the core infrastructure of mining. Therefore, both parties must be prepared to use electricity to ensure a stable power supply. For IDC mining, every power outage faces the risk of FIL fines. The data shows that high-quality IDC computer rooms will not have a power outage of more than 3 minutes throughout the year, and these IDC computer rooms are connected to the city's main circuit and city power supply at the same time, or there may be alternative power generation solutions (diesel generators) To make sure nothing goes wrong.
Fourth, the IDC room age is most suitable for 2-6 years old.
The running time of the IDC computer room is also a criterion to be considered. Computer rooms that have been in operation for more than 10 years face the risk of equipment aging, and the failure rate is rising, which is usually not considered; IDC computer rooms are not as new as possible, because the new computer room requires testing by all parties. Whether the infrastructure is complete, whether the power distribution is reasonable, whether the fire air-conditioning and other equipment can be used normally, have not passed the test of time. Therefore, the best age for the IDC computer room is 2-6 years old, young, strong and experienced.
IDC computer room is the foundation, operation and maintenance is the beginning of the rally
The IDC computer room is not only a combination of hardware, but also the operation and maintenance team behind it. The entire team will comprehensively monitor and maintain the IDC computer room. The hardware level includes the maintenance of fire fighting and air conditioning systems and the maintenance of hardware devices such as CPU and GPU. The software level includes the reasonable configuration of server resources through the operating system to resist attacks and ensure the security of the IDC computer room.
Therefore, when participating in Filecoin mining, after checking the hard power of the IDC computer room, the soft power of the operation and maintenance team behind it must also be considered in order to obtain a higher investment-output ratio in the Filecoin network.
Filecoin mining can only be carried out under constant humidity and constant temperature, 24-hour uninterrupted power supply and continuous network conditions, which is enough to show the importance of IDC computer room to Filecoin mining.