Ah alright, thanks for letting me know Zooko. I'll start reading through Kevan's thesis to see if that's something I'd be interested in.<br><br>Daria, thanks for linking me to the ticket. And yes search works for me now.<br>
<br>Mark Berger<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Daira Hopwood (formerly David-Sarah) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davidsarah@leastauthority.com" target="_blank">davidsarah@leastauthority.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 17/04/13 03:35, Mark Berger wrote:<br>
> I am interested in implementing the idea of prioritizing storage servers before consulting<br>
> the<br>
> introducer (<a href="https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/467" target="_blank">https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/467</a> and <a href="https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/573" target="_blank">https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/573</a> ).<br>
> The implementation would ensure that shares are always uploaded to a specific server. For<br>
> example, in a network of local computers with an AWS backend node shares may not<br>
> necessarily be populated to AWS. However, AWS is more reliable than the local computers<br>
> and not susceptible to the same environmental disaster as the local network. Therefore it<br>
> makes sense to ensure that shares are always uploaded to AWS and not<br>
> distributed pseudo-randomly. Is this the core idea behind ticket #467?<br>
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</div>That's one possible case (and a very common one), yes.<br>
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> Also, is the aspect of populating the node's server list to the introducer still relevant?<br>
<br>
</div>That is not required for a basic implementation of #467.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> I remember reading that code has been written to replace the introducer, but I can't seem<br>
> to find the ticket anymore.<br>
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</div><<a href="https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/68" target="_blank">https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/68</a>><br>
<div class="im"><br>
> I am having trouble searching for tickets (Error: Darcs execution failed).<br>
<br>
</div>Is that working again now? If not, how are you searching?<br>
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