[volunteergrid2-l] New member request

[RCV's Tahoe Account]

Hi, folks!

I'm Rocke Verser, and I'd like to join the grid.  I have read your
terms and I agree to abide by them.  I can put up 500 GB immediately.

I have used Tahoe-LAFS, privately, for a couple of years.  Although
I have experimented with other use-models, there are two I presently use:

1.  A single storage-server + introducer at a commercial VPS
on the Web, with private clients behind the firewalls at one or
more sites I control.  [This is used mainly as a secure "drop-box"
for friends, family, and coworkers.]

2.  A set of small storage-servers, one per spindle, on various
machines behind my firewall, all at a single site.  This provides
some protection from spindle failure, but not much else.
[Typically, I carve off one small partition (or logical volume)
each time I put a new spindle in service.  All together, I have
about a dozen spindles with some Tahoe-LAFS data.]

I read here that a proposed "sunset" has been offered for this
group.  If that comes to pass, so be it.  At least I will get
an opportunity to see some of the real issues of a real-world
distributed grid.

Although I am not a Tahoe-LAFS developer, I have looked at
parts of the code, and I have experimented with modifications
to the client to achieve different (better?) behavior.

Rather than just saying "Tahoe isn't ready for prime-time", I
would urge the members of this group to attempt to explain "why"
it isn't ready for prime-time.  What is it about Tahoe-LAFS (or
the VG2 group) that prevents this from being an active, vibrant
group that people can count on for reliable distributed storage?
[This thread really isn't the place to launch such a discussion.]

Cheers and thanks!

-- rcv