<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Zooko O'Whielacronx <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zooko@zooko.com">zooko@zooko.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Folks:<br>
<br>
I've heard from a few different people that they want a Tahoe-LAFS<br>
grid to contribute a server to and receive storage service in return.<br>
There is one such grid in operation, called "volunteergrid", but it is<br>
not accepting new members at this time. Therefore, I'm creating a<br>
mailing list named "volunteergrid2-l" to let such people<br>
self-organize. I'm going to be the mailing list administrator, but<br>
otherwise I don't intend to spend a lot of time organizing.<br>
<br>
Here is a proposed "constitution" for volunteergrid2.<br></blockquote><div><br>This is great, but I can't currently have a server that is constanly connected to the net.<br>So, count me in for volunteergrid3.</div>
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Welcome to volunteergrid2-l!<br>
<br>
Rules (enforced by community):<br>
1. We have at most 20 members.<br>
2. Respect one another's privacy and security. (Normally Tahoe-LAFS<br>
makes it impossible to do otherwise, but accidents can happen, and<br>
when they do, mutual respect for one another's privacy is the best<br>
defense.)<br>
3. Contribute more storage space than you use (remember that expansion<br>
uses up more disk space by a factor of N/K, and that old version of<br>
files linger for about a month before they are garbage-collected).<br>
4. Offer good quality, durable, highly-available service -- commit to<br>
keeping your server(s) running year after year. If a server dies, try<br>
to rescue the data off of its hard drive. Use careful system<br>
administration. Try to keep your servers up and reachable all the<br>
time. Let your fellow volunteers know if there is a failure or<br>
interruption of service.<br></blockquote><div><br>One the other hand, (and since point 5 is missing :), why should the lack of a reliable rever stop me - or anyone else?<br><br>Isn't Lahoe designed for this kind of situations too?<br>
<br>What I'm proposing is (another one), more experimental grid, where servers can be unreliable, like notebooks, your old pc you boot once in a week, etc?<br><br>I have no idea what configuration it would need, but if there are other volunteers, I'm in for that!<br>
<br>Pandelis<br><br>PS. Oh, and since this is my first post here, congrats for the nice tool you made.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
6. Be nice! Kindness and good humor help groups of human cooperate<br>
more efficiently.<br>
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If you want to be on the volunteergrid2-l mailing list, please send me<br>
email! <a href="mailto:zooko@zooko.com">zooko@zooko.com</a><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Zooko<br>
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