[tahoe-dev] public backup grid

[green]

Shawn Willden wrote at 2011-06-18 07:47 -0600:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:59 PM, green <greenfreedom10 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Two great ideas, but maximum 20 servers for each.  Only one mentions a
> > mailing list, and subscription is moderated and archives are private.  Why
> > the secrecy, and why the limit?  If a grid is better with fewer members, why
> > can a project not have multiple grids?
> 
> The reason for the secrecy and limited size is because Tahoe as yet has no
> way to prevent abuse.  With a small, closed community it's relatively easy
> to maintain a sense of fair play and to feel that your "neighbors" are
> trustworthy.
> 
> The fairness needed to make a Tahoe grid operate well comprises a few
> factors, some more obvious than others.  In fact, the second volunteer grid
> has created some additional rules based on the experiences of the first.

Thanks for the excellent explanation.  Perhaps in the future there can be a 
more public backup grid implementation to provide an easy distributed backup 
solution to people like me who can provide disk space and uptime but without 
more than an "I will do my best" guarantee.
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