Filecoin data storage:
To store data on the Filecoin network there are 3 key roles to understand:
- Customer / Data owner. This role is when you have the data setting on your harddisks or any other storage system and want to have it stored on the Filecoin network.
- Data preparer. This role is when you are the one receiving data from the customer. You are preparing a dataset with software tools like Singularity and you are responsible for the distribution of the dataset towards storage providers.
- Storage provider. This role is when you are receiving the deals containing the carfiles from the data preparers and are storing them with Boost / Lotus.