Stores files
Stores files across many machines, copies each piece in more than one place and proves it is still held.
No other modules: it stands on its own.
Nodes not grouped yet have not measured enough round trips for the network to place them in a metro.
File storage is degraded
3 storage nodes active; customer data needs 5, so only the network’s own data is placed. A metro has 1 active storage node, needs 2. A metro has 0 active storage nodes, needs 2
Its verdict did not change in epochs 2,342–2,359.