<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 6:02 AM, Jim Dorrington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdorrington@compuguide.info">jdorrington@compuguide.info</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
@Kevin Reid<br>
Many thanks for explaining it so clearly I see now where I was going wrong.<br>
I will have a play and no doubt will be back soon with more questions.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>What Kevin suggested will indeed allow you to store things securely in the test grid where "secure" means "no one else can read or modify them" (unless you give someone your URL). However, it won't provide you security in the sense that your stuff is safe and will reliably continue to be available. The test grid is for testing.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Also be advised that the performance of the test grid is generally below where you'd expect a real grid to be.</div><div><br></div><div>The volunteergrid2 is still accepting (even seeking out!) new members. We are oriented towards people who need to store significant amounts of data, though, so you might not find it a good home. Our requirements are that all members provide at least 500 GB of storage to the grid, and that all members keep their node up and running at least 95% of the time (which isn't really that steep a requirement -- 95% allows 8 hours per week or 1.5 days per month of downtime). Since you only have 0.5 GB to store, it would be understandable if you didn't want to provide 500 GB to the grid. On the other hand, if you have the space, you might find more data you'd like to back up!</div>
<div><br></div><div>If this is interesting to you, please join the volunteergrid2 mailing list. We'll be happy to help you get your node up and running and tuned appropriately for your requirements.</div></div><br>-- <br>
Shawn<br>