[volunteergrid2-l] status report?

[Brad Rupp]

Jody,

I couldn't agree more.  Given the fact that no one is using it, I don't 
see the point of having a long sunset period.

Brad

On 1/31/2013 9:59 AM, Jody Harris wrote:
> Based on the reports of those who have attempted to store files on the
> grid and the failures they have experienced, it has become apparent that
> VG2 is very "brittle" with just 15-17 nodes. For whatever reason some
> nodes fail to accept shares at (what appears to be) random. When stores
> are tested, Tahoe-LAFS throws warnings and stores are constantly in need
> of maintenance even when all nodes are available.
>
> After closely watching the list for the last year and analyzing the
> results my mental "estimatorinator" gives me a number of 35-50 nodes
> before VG2 would be able to be used without the brittleness the users
> are currently experiencing.
>
> Many of us have been evangelists for this project, but we have had very
> little buy-in. Even some of our best supporters have simply shut down
> nodes when they relocated for work because it was a propitious time to
> gracefully exit the net without having to make excuses rather than
> bothering to restart the node at their new location.
>
> I have hosted the introducer and run nodes for the last year and hosted
> the wiki. I have no files stored on the grid. The steady stream of
> reports from those who have have demonstrated that the grid is not
> sufficiently stable. Yes it will reliably store files, but they will
> require constant maintenance to prevent them from rapidly decaying.
>
> Since none of the grid members have reported success with the grid, and
> all reports so far have shown the same level of frustration, I think
> that we should start discussing a sunset on the project. I know that one
> grid member I have visited with recently has already decided to remove a
> node from the grid. I think that a formal discussion on closing down the
> grid and setting a date is in the best interest of the community.
>
> jody
>
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>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Zooko O'Whielacronx <zookog at gmail.com
> <mailto:zookog at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks, Ruben! I'll have more questions about this later...
>
>     Now, I see that Jody posted on G+:
>
>     https://plus.google.com/117452941536317929490/posts/Y2Y5vLcvSnr
>
>     "many more nodes would be required for the grid to be fully usable"
>
>     I find this surprising! Is the volunteergrid2 unusable?
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Zooko
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