New StorjShare Setup
I would like to share my experience with Storj. So I decided I would go in and build a small Storj Server. I did not want to spend a lot to get started. I want to see how profitable my setup would be. My first idea was to build a Raspberry PI 3 system as I was previously building a RPI 3 cluster. I figured I would add a USB drive with 2 nodes. I followed the tutorial for setting it up. What I encountered was a problem getting the code to run as it was unable to properly compile as things have changed with node. I worked through all the requirements. But when I went to run it I was getting an error. Diskinfo.node module missing so I was unable to run the node. This was a bit frustrating as I just bought the hardware to get started. So I went ahead and just installed it on my Mac. Initially I found that using the random UPNP connection was just not cutting it. I was getting orange and not green. I went back and punched a few holes in the firewall and forwarded the ports. Ok now I am getting somewhere! So, for my setup I previously had a 4TB drive that I was using as a backup drive which was having problems with the enclosure as it kept disconnecting. I took it out of the case and added a second 4TB drive as well as an external SATA drive enclosure. I found this NexStar TX at Microcenter for 21.00 and dropped my 2 4TB drives in. Creating 2 nodes. I was having some issues with the connectivity lag. I finally have them up running. Once running you will start to get offers. So I only have like 4 received on one drive and 6 on the other. Drive 1 only 128.4 MB is being utilized and 411.32 MB on the other. So I am wondering if all this was worth my while or just a waste of time. I have to give it some time. So I will return back later and give you an update after a month or so on what I am making.
As you can see the StorjStats app is not liking my connection? But on my side is looks fine.
I don't really know why the storjstats app is reporting as it does. I will just need to run with it.
If you are interested in renting your drive space check out: https://storj.io/share.html
Payments are made in ERC20 Tokens tied to your etherium address. https://etherscan.io/token/Storj
https://www.myetherwallet.com/
My wallet is using the Trezor to store them.
If you are new to Storj, I hope this gave you some insight into what I am doing. I hope to see some profit in the future.