<...> 125 gigabytes of free disk space <...>
The base article used for the verbatim content was created over two years ago. One of the important thinks to keep in mind is that disk space requirement grow over time, and it is currently recommended to have (see
https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#secure-your-wallet):
200 gigabytes of free disk space, accessible at a minimum read/write speed of 100 MB/s.
Unless of course you go for the pruned mode as indicated by @pooya87.