How to become a better provider


Remove CID Gravity retrieval limits

  • Remove or increase the default hourly retrieval limit set by CID Gravity (currently at 20 retrievals per hour)
    • Retrievals tech stack has improved significantly since the default was implemented. SPs reporting that by removing that limit, they are able to reach 10K+ retrievals per day with no significant impact on performance
  • Check if you have any other filters set up that limit the retrievals that you serve (e.g., online deals limit, access controls, etc.)

Use Boost

  • Boost is a tool for Storage Providers to manage data onboarding and retrieval on the Filecoin network. It provides a a web interface for managing storage deals, and a GraphQL interface for accessing and updating real-time deal information.
    • Storage providers using Boost have
  • Learn here how to install Boost

Run index-provider

  • Autoretrieve will only attempt retrievals for the content that can be found in the indexer. To ensure that your content can be found, you need to send it to the indexer
  • You should always have index-provider enabled on your market/Boost nodes. It is enabled by default and you should periodically check that all of your deals are being announced to the Indexer.

Upgrade your transfer speed

  • If you have set up any limits to the upload bandwidth, we recommend you upgrade those to meet the 0.75MB/s transfer speed requirement