[tahoe-dev] revived: proposal to change the default to K=H=N=1

[Paul Rabahy]

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.

For example:
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.
1. No redundancy. (Good for testing)
2. Like RAID-1. (Every share will be placed on 2 servers)
3. Like RAID-5. (Every share can handle a failure of 1 server)
4. Highly Redundant. (Good for use on the Public Test Grid)
5. Custom (Enter your own values for K, H, and N)
Enter a value. [1]

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.


On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Greg Troxel <gdt at ir.bbn.com> wrote:

>
> How about if a system with H=1 also prints a warning on starting a node,
> and maybe on a few other operations?
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