[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #872: Adjust the probability of selecting a node according to its storage capacity (or other fitness measure)

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#872: Adjust the probability of selecting a node according to its storage
capacity (or other fitness measure)
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  davidsarah
  davidsarah             |     Status:  new
         Type:           |  Milestone:  undecided
  enhancement            |    Version:  1.5.0
     Priority:  major    |   Keywords:  performance scalability space-
    Component:  code-    |  efficiency preservation bandwidth
  peerselection          |
   Resolution:           |
Launchpad Bug:           |
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Changes (by davidsarah):

 * owner:   => davidsarah


Comment:

 On the p2p-hackers list, [http://lists.zooko.com/pipermail/p2p-
 hackers/2011-August/002979.html Tony Arcieri wrote]:
 > There's a few things missing from Tahoe which I have seen endlessly
 discussed which would need to be added for it to fill this role. The first
 would be a way for peers to weight themselves in terms of their available
 storage capacity. Perhaps Tahoe could utilize a self-assigned weight
 score?

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