Problem Statement:
Using the Lotus API, snapshot production is slow due to the constraints of Lotus's API. The average snapshot job takes 4h on average, post FVM upgrade.
Possible Solution:
Reports from other operators shows snapshot production being exponentially faster writing snapshots directly to disk. Many report <1h snapshot production.
Draft a design doc and prototype of a "sidecar" design, where filecoin-chain-archiver runs in a process with read-only access to a volume where Lotus can write snapshots directly to.