= About =

The volunteergrid is a tahoe storage grid from users for users. Contrary to the TestGrid–which may be flushed at any time for development/testing reasons–the volunteergrid is meant as a stable alternative to the commercial [http://allmydata.com/ allmydata.com grid]. It was [http://allmydata.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2009-February/001248.html proposed by Eugene L.] in February 2009 and an introducer [http://allmydata.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2009-February/001341.html was set up] by Zooko after the idea received a fair amount of praise. This introducer unfortunately died when nooxie's upgrade went wrong. A [http://allmydata.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2009-December/003290.html new, more resilient, introducer] was implemented by [mailto:francois(at)ctrlaltdel.ch François Deppierraz] on December 2009.

There are usually between 15 and 20 active server nodes, but new nodes are always welcome.


= Setting up a volunteergrid (storage) node =
 * Follow the [http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/install.html install instructions]
 * If your storage server is behind a firewall/NAT, please set up port forwarding to your ''tub.port'' and point ''tub.location'' to your external IP address (see [http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/configuration.txt configuration]).
 * Set your introducer.furl to ''pb://yni7uuz6oc3lxvjdcivm7mzz6v64yibx@volunteergrid.allmydata.org:52627,tahoe.ctrlaltdel.ch:52627,volunteergrid.lothar.com:52627,introducer.volunteergrid.org:52627/introducer''
 * Please subscribe to the [http://allmydata.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volunteergrid-l volunteergrid-l] mailing list - it is very low-traffic but might feature important announcements.
 * Add your node to the [http://webcontent.osm.lab.rfc822.org/tahoe/ map].

= Best practices =
 * If you destroy data (by accident or decision), let us know! Please inform us on the mailing list or ping us on IRC.
 * Please provide at least as much space as you use. (Don't forget to consider the redundancy factor: If you upload 1 GB of data, the grid will receive 3.33 GB of encoded data (3-of-10 encoding = 10/3 x file size = 3.33 x file size).)

= Links =
 * [http://webcontent.osm.lab.rfc822.org/tahoe/ Map of servers and people involved with the volunteergrid]
 * [http://volunteergrid.allmydata.org:8123/ Introducer web interface]
 * [http://secorp.net:8123 Public web interface (secorp.net)] provided by Peter, the CEO of allmydata.com
 * [http://tahoe.soultcer.net Public web interface (soultcer.net)] provided by David T.

= Servers =
== Introducer == 

The introducer is currently run by [mailto:francois(at)ctrlaltdel.ch François Deppierraz] on ''tahoe.ctrlaltdel.ch'', an OpenVZ VE running under Debian lenny.

In the unfortunate case where the current introducer disappear, the following people should be able to bring it back into life: Zooko, Brian Warner and David T. Ask on the mailing or contact them directly.

== Storage Nodes ==
|| '''Name''' || '''Admin contact''' || '''Location''' || '''Notes/Status''' ||
|| aogail-volunteergrid @ tigard.w007.org || allmydata  (at) w007.org || Tigard, OR, USA
|| `Vapor' on 74.207.243.100 || wilcoxjg(at)gmail.com || CA, USA || In Co-Lo, on VM ||
|| yukyuk (Zooko's amd64 linux workstation) || IRC: zooko / zooko(at)zooko.com || Boulder, CO, USA || workstation -- DSL line (896 Kbps up according to Qwest, 686 Kbps up according to http://speedtest.allmydata.com)
|| ootles (Zooko's Macbook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo laptop) || IRC: zooko / zooko(at)zooko.com || Boulder, CO, USA || laptop (when it is at home, same DSL line as yukyuk)
|| draco (Zooko's Mac/PPC 867 MHz laptop) || IRC: zooko / zooko(at)zooko.com || Valhalla || [http://allmydata.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2009-July/002211.html dead until further notice]
|| francois1(at)tahoe.ctrlaltdel.ch || francois(at)ctrlaltdel.ch || Lausanne, Switzerland ||
|| imp-ap01|| IRC: ndurner || Germany || 
|| trelbox || IRC: terrell/trel1023 || Chapel Hill, NC, USA || iMac on cable modem (359 kbps up via speedtest.allmydata.com)
|| ndurdner || IRC: ndurner || Germany || Workstation via cable modem (40 KB/s up)
|| SECORP_DOT_NET_<01-04> || IRC: secorp || ?? || read-only
|| stockrt-terra || ?? || ?? ||
|| trid<0,1> || david(at)triendl.name/IRC: soultcer || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirl,_Austria Austria] ||
|| tahoe.soultcer.net || david(at)triendl.name/IRC: soultcer || France || Feel free to use as [http://tahoe.soultcer.net/static/helper.furl helper] or [http://tahoe.soultcer.net/ web gateway]
|| `Toes' on verterok.endoftheinternet.org || wilcoxjg(at)gmail.com || CA, USA || Using Dynamic DNS From Behind FW over Cable ||
|| kpreid@slimy || kpreid@{{{}}}mac.com || USA || 
|| kpreid@eider || kpreid@{{{}}}mac.com || USA || Typically behind NAT, expect connection failures for now


= mystery storage servers =
The following appear in the introducer's list (on 2009-07-11) but have not been listed by their owners in ''storage servers'' above:
|| Nickname || PeerID || Connected? || since || First Announced || Version ||
|| struc.tv || gapnio7pehmn7qiibaavkqfpkhp36be2 || Yes: to 97.107.135.139:58490 || 14:41:04 11-Jul-2009 || 14:41:03 11-Jul-2009 || 0
|| warner@cookies || tkl7xc45zqqz7ss2pc62epksxd7emb3m || No || 14:59:40 11-Jul-2009 || 14:41:03 11-Jul-2009 || 0
|| civodul || 4up6nzffykkpimufzil2e77heuasarvd || No || 14:59:40 11-Jul-2009 || 14:41:03 11-Jul-2009 || 0