Bump storage space recommendation to 3TB (#3638)

* Bump storage space recommendation to 4TB.

* OK, 3TB instead of 4TB

* SSD performance deteriorates when close to capacity
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@ -42,12 +42,13 @@ changes but we don't guarantee anything. Things can and will break.**
System Requirements
===================
Recommend 2Tb storage space on a single partition: 1.8Tb state, 200GB temp files (can symlink or mount
folder `<datadir>/etl-tmp` to another disk).
For a full archive node we recommend >=3TB storage space on a single partition: 1.8TB state (as of March 2022),
200GB temp files (can symlink or mount folder `<datadir>/etl-tmp` to another disk).
Bear in mind that SSD performance deteriorates when close to capacity.
RAM: 16GB, 64-bit architecture, [Golang version >= 1.16](https://golang.org/doc/install), GCC 10+
RAM: >=16GB, 64-bit architecture, [Golang version >= 1.16](https://golang.org/doc/install), GCC 10+
<code>🔬 more info on disk storage is [here](https://ledgerwatch.github.io/turbo_geth_release.html#Disk-space)) </code>
<code>🔬 more info on disk storage is [here](https://ledgerwatch.github.io/turbo_geth_release.html#Disk-space).</code>
Usage
=====
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### Testnets
If you would like to give Erigon a try, but do not have spare 2Tb on your drive, a good option is to start syncing one
If you would like to give Erigon a try, but do not have spare 2TB on your drive, a good option is to start syncing one
of the public testnets, Görli. It syncs much quicker, and does not take so much disk space:
```sh