Interesting. Reading from http://www.mygeekproject.com/?p=354, sounds like a good idea for a joint pet data storage grid project for local user groups. Who's with me? Hehehe..
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Roberto Verzola <rverz...@gn.apc.org> wrote: > This is supposedly a better alternative to RAID. I don't know enough to > assess the claim, but maybe some people here already have experience > with this file system? > > Obet > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [P2P-F] ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, > v1.8.2 > Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 22:15:32 -0700 > From: Zooko O'Whielacronx <zo...@zooko.com> > Reply-To: P2P Foundation mailing list > <p2p-foundat...@lists.ourproject.org> > To: p2p-foundat...@lists.ourproject.org > > > > ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.8.2 > > The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce the immediate > availability of version 1.8.2 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely > reliable distributed storage system. Get it here: > > http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/quickstart.html > > Tahoe-LAFS is the first distributed storage system to offer > "provider-independent security" — meaning that not even the > operators of your storage servers can read or alter your data > without your consent. Here is the one-page explanation of its > unique security and fault-tolerance properties: > > http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html > > The previous stable release of Tahoe-LAFS was v1.8.1, which was > released October 28, 2010 [1]. > > v1.8.2 is a stable bugfix release, adding compatibility with > the recently-released Twisted-10.2, and correcting a number of > minor issues. See the NEWS file [2] for details. > > > WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? > > With Tahoe-LAFS, you distribute your filesystem across > multiple servers, and even if some of the servers fail or are > taken over by an attacker, the entire filesystem continues to > work correctly, and continues to preserve your privacy and > security. You can easily share specific files and directories > with other people. > > In addition to the core storage system itself, volunteers > have built other projects on top of Tahoe-LAFS and have > integrated Tahoe-LAFS with existing systems, including > Windows, JavaScript, iPhone, Android, Hadoop, Flume, Django, > Puppet, bzr, mercurial, perforce, duplicity, TiddlyWiki, and > more. See the Related Projects page on the wiki [3]. > > We believe that strong cryptography, Free and Open Source > Software, erasure coding, and principled engineering practices > make Tahoe-LAFS safer than RAID, removable drive, tape, > on-line backup or cloud storage. > > This software is developed under test-driven development, and > there are no known bugs or security flaws which would > compromise confidentiality or data integrity under recommended > use. (For all important issues that we are currently aware of > please see the known_issues.rst file [4].) > > > COMPATIBILITY > > This release is compatible with the version 1 series of > Tahoe-LAFS. Clients from this release can write files and > directories in the format used by clients of all versions back > to v1.0 (which was released March 25, 2008). Clients from this > release can read files and directories produced by clients of > all versions since v1.0. Servers from this release can serve > clients of all versions back to v1.0 and clients from this > release can use servers of all versions back to v1.0. > > This is the thirteenth release in the version 1 series. This > series of Tahoe-LAFS will be actively supported and maintained > for the forseeable future, and future versions of Tahoe-LAFS > will retain the ability to read and write files compatible > with this series. > > > LICENCE > > You may use this package under the GNU General Public License, > version 2 or, at your option, any later version. See the file > "COPYING.GPL" [5] for the terms of the GNU General Public > License, version 2. > > You may use this package under the Transitive Grace Period > Public Licence, version 1 or, at your option, any later > version. (The Transitive Grace Period Public Licence has > requirements similar to the GPL except that it allows you to > delay for up to twelve months after you redistribute a derived > work before releasing the source code of your derived work.) > See the file "COPYING.TGPPL.html" [6] for the terms of the > Transitive Grace Period Public Licence, version 1. > > (You may choose to use this package under the terms of either > licence, at your option.) > > > INSTALLATION > > Tahoe-LAFS works on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Cygwin, Solaris, > *BSD, and probably most other systems. Start with > "docs/quickstart.html" [7]. > > > HACKING AND COMMUNITY > > Please join us on the mailing list [8]. Patches are gratefully > accepted -- the RoadMap page [9] shows the next improvements > that we plan to make and CREDITS [10] lists the names of people > who've contributed to the project. The Dev page [11] contains > resources for hackers. > > > SPONSORSHIP > > Tahoe-LAFS was originally developed by Allmydata, Inc., a > provider of commercial backup services. After discontinuing > funding of Tahoe-LAFS R&D in early 2009, they continued > to provide servers, bandwidth, small personal gifts as tokens > of appreciation, and bug reports. > > Google, Inc. sponsored Tahoe-LAFS development as part of the > Google Summer of Code 2010. They awarded four sponsorships to > students from around the world to hack on Tahoe-LAFS that > summer. > > Thank you to Allmydata and Google for their generous and > public-spirited support. > > > HACK TAHOE-LAFS! > > If you can find a security flaw in Tahoe-LAFS which is serious > enough that we feel compelled to warn our users and issue a fix, > then we will award you with a customized t-shirts with your > exploit printed on it and add you to the "Hack Tahoe-LAFS Hall > Of Fame" [12]. > > > ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS > > This is the seventh release of Tahoe-LAFS to be created solely > as a labor of love by volunteers. Thank you very much to the > team of "hackers in the public interest" who make Tahoe-LAFS > possible. > > Brian Warner > on behalf of the Tahoe-LAFS team > > January 30, 2011 > San Francisco, California, USA > > > [1] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=4865 > [2] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS?rev=5000 > [3] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects > [4] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/known_issues.rst > [5] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/COPYING.GPL > [6] http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/COPYING.TGPPL.html > [7] http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/quickstart.html > [8] http://tahoe-lafs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev > [9] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/roadmap > [10] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/CREDITS?rev=5000 > [11] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Dev > [12] http://tahoe-lafs.org/hacktahoelafs/ > > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > http://www.p2pfoundation.net > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph -- I don't Yahoo! anymore :-) Yehey!
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