[tahoe-dev] Stupid question: How can I keep my own data private?

[Shawn Willden]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 6:02 AM, Jim Dorrington <jdorrington at compuguide.info
> wrote:

> @Kevin Reid
> Many thanks for explaining it so clearly I see now where I was going wrong.
> I will have a play and no doubt will be back soon with more questions.
>

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.

Also be advised that the performance of the test grid is generally below
where you'd expect a real grid to be.

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!

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.

-- 
Shawn
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