[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1082: default servers-of-happiness=7 prevents single-server use case from working "out of the box"

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#1082: default servers-of-happiness=7 prevents single-server use case from working
"out of the box"
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     Reporter:  zooko    |      Owner:  somebody
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major    |  Milestone:  soon
    Component:           |    Version:  1.7β
  documentation          |   Keywords:  docs unfinished-business servers-
   Resolution:           |  of-happiness upload zookos-opinion-needed
Launchpad Bug:           |  warners-opinion-needed
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Comment (by davidsarah):

 zooko wrote:
 > I've previously argued that we should set K, H, and N to 1 default
 settings, on the grounds that the default settings are for people to learn
 the system, not for people to use the default settings in production. I'd
 like to add to that argument that setting the defaults to 1 would help
 educate people that the most important difference between Tahoe-LAFS and
 another backup tool is the provider-independent security, not the erasure-
 coding. Currently, some people decide not to try using Tahoe-LAFS because
 they don't have multiple servers to run it on:
 >
 >
 https://plus.google.com/u/0/102645752210227937753/posts/fng9AGMZWEk?hl=en

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