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@@ -30,3 +30,11 @@ The [OldNews](OldNews) page is an archive of these news items.
 
  * the [/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zfec-dev zfec-dev] mailing list is specific to the [/source/zfec zfec] erasure-coding library.
 
+## Testnet
+
+ * usage statistics are available for the public testnet:
+   * [/tahoe-munin/tahoecs1.allmydata.com-tahoe_dirnodes.html dirnodes]: count of directory nodes in the mesh
+   * [/tahoe-munin/tahoebs1.allmydata.com-tahoe_files.html files]: count of files stored in the mesh
+   * [/tahoe-munin/tahoebs1.allmydata.com-tahoe_sharesperfile.html shares per file]: average shares per file, this hints at the size of the overall mesh. If the number of hosts in the mesh is less than 100, then shares_per_file should equal 100/numhosts
+   * [/tahoe-munin/tahoebs1.allmydata.com-tahoe_storagespace.html storage space]: total bytes consumed by all storage servers
+