Maybe we can repurpose the test grid boxes to the volunteer grid. As a representative of Allmydata.com, I can volunteer them for the grid, but before I do so I'd want to make sure they could be maintained by volunteers as well. Ideas on how to effect that transition are welcome.
Ps Zooko O'Whielacronx wrote: > In case you can't load my klog, here is the most recent entry: > > The Tahoe-LAFS Test Grid — the grid that hosts the blog you are now > reading — is having problems. It is composed mostly of servers owned > by allmydata.com and offered as a free service to Tahoe-LAFS hackers > to test out their experiments. Also various people connect their > Tahoe-LAFS nodes to the Test Grid while doing experiments. There is a > publicly writable directory linked from the front page of > http://allmydata.org . There is also a page of measurements of the > test grid: http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/TestGrid . > > The Test Grid really isn't the ideal grid to host a blog. > Allmydata.com explicitly stated when they set it up that they might > delete the data or take away the storage servers at any time. It was > strictly for testing. > > I've been persisting in hosting my blog on the Tahoe-LAFS Test Grid > partly as an experiment — can a grid that is completely unmaintained > (nobody from allmydata.com has looked at any of the donated servers in > many months) and includes transient servers from anonymous people > still be stable enough to use for my blog? The answer is "barely", and > I'm probably going to end the experiment soon and move my blog to a > reliable grid such as The Volunteer Grid, which is composed of servers > owned and operated by contributors to the Tahoe-LAFS project. :-) > _______________________________________________ > tahoe-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://allmydata.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev _______________________________________________ tahoe-dev mailing list [email protected] http://allmydata.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
