Curio is a new component in the Filecoin ecosystem that aims to simplify the setup and operation of storage providers. It currently supports WindowPoSt and WinningPoSt. On the near term development map, multiple MinerIDs and sealing is of the highest priority.
| Feature | Curio | Lotus-Miner |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling | Collaborative (Prioritized Greedy) | Single point of failure |
| High Availability | Available | Single control process |
| Redundant Post | Available | Not Available |
| Task Retry Control | Task retry with a cutoff limit (per task) | Unlimited retry leading to resource exhaustion |
| Multiple Miner IDs | Curio cluster can support multiple Miner IDs | Single Miner ID per Lotus-Miner |
| Shared Task nodes | Curio nodes can handle task for multiple Miner IDS | Attached workers handle tasks for a single Miner ID |
| Distributed Configuration Management | Configuration stored in the highly-available Yugabyte Database | All configuration in a single File |
