<p>A configuration wizard sounds like a great solution. It could even ask for the introducer furl first to find the size of the grid and suggest sane defaults automatically.</p>
<p>Thanks,<br>
Eric<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 14, 2013 8:03 AM, "Paul Rabahy" <<a href="mailto:prabahy@gmail.com">prabahy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">I would be willing to put in some time to make a CLI to allow the user to pick how they want it setup the first time a client is launched. I think it would have a few preset options and a way for the user to setup custom values.<div>
<br></div><div>For example:</div><div>Welcome to Tahoe-LAFS. You need to pick the level of redundancy for this client. If you would like to modify these values after they are set, you will need to edit tahoe.cfg. Please see /docs/running.rst for more information.</div>
<div>1. No redundancy. (Good for testing)</div><div>2. Like RAID-1. (Every share will be placed on 2 servers)</div><div>3. Like RAID-5. (Every share can handle a failure of 1 server)</div><div>4. Highly Redundant. (Good for use on the Public Test Grid)</div>
<div>5. Custom (Enter your own values for K, H, and N)</div><div>Enter a value. [1]</div><div><br></div><div>This seems like a reasonable place for me to get my feet wet with Tahoe development. I believe that this will make the initial setup process easier for beginners, and won't make it any more difficult for advanced users.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Greg Troxel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gdt@ir.bbn.com" target="_blank">gdt@ir.bbn.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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How about if a system with H=1 also prints a warning on starting a node,<br>
and maybe on a few other operations?<br>
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