[tahoe-dev] NotEnoughSharesError from tahoe backup

[Daniel Wallin]

I just got this from a "tahoe backup" session against the allmydata.com grid,
while uploading a 500MB file.

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/allmydata-tahoe-1.5.0/support/bin/tahoe", line 8, in <module>
    load_entry_point('allmydata-tahoe==1.5.0', 'console_scripts', 'tahoe')()
  File "/usr/local/allmydata-tahoe-1.5.0/src/allmydata/scripts/runner.py", line 91, in run
    rc = runner(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/local/allmydata-tahoe-1.5.0/src/allmydata/scripts/runner.py", line 78, in runner
    rc = cli.dispatch[command](so)
  File "/usr/local/allmydata-tahoe-1.5.0/src/allmydata/scripts/cli.py", line 456, in backup
    rc = tahoe_backup.backup(options)
  File "/usr/local/allmydata-tahoe-1.5.0/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_backup.py", line 375, in backup
    return bu.run()
  File "/usr/local/allmydata-tahoe-1.5.0/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_backup.py", line 212, in run
    new_backup_dircap = self.process(options.from_dir, latest_backup_dircap)
  File "/usr/local/allmydata-tahoe-1.5.0/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_backup.py", line 265, in process
    newchilddircap = self.process(childpath, oldchildcap)
  File "/usr/local/allmydata-tahoe-1.5.0/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_backup.py", line 265, in process
    newchilddircap = self.process(childpath, oldchildcap)
  File "/usr/local/allmydata-tahoe-1.5.0/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_backup.py", line 265, in process
    newchilddircap = self.process(childpath, oldchildcap)
  File "/usr/local/allmydata-tahoe-1.5.0/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_backup.py", line 268, in process
    newfilecap, metadata = self.upload(childpath)
  File "/usr/local/allmydata-tahoe-1.5.0/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_backup.py", line 357, in upload
    raiseHTTPError("Error during file PUT", resp)
  File "/usr/local/allmydata-tahoe-1.5.0/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_backup.py", line 18, in raiseHTTPError
    raise HTTPError(msg)
allmydata.scripts.tahoe_backup.HTTPError: Error during file PUT: 410 Gone NotEnoughSharesError: This indicates that
some servers were unavailable, or that shares have been lost to server departure, hard drive failure, or disk corruption.
You should perform a filecheck on this object to learn more.
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What does this mean, and what can I do about it?

-- 
Daniel Wallin
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com