> The need to change encoding parameters makes adding more servers to the > grid or removing old servers cumbersome. To make matters worse, the > current repairer uses the same encoding parameters which were used when > the file was initially uploaded. In this case, that means that a file which > was > uploaded early in the life of the grid (my root directory for > instance) is still only stored on 5 disks. Those disks might even be housed by > the same server in case of very bad luck because Tahoe-LAFS is currently > missing peer selection with data-center/rack/server awareness (ticket #467).
This is precisely why I'm hesitant to deploy multiple tahoe node processes on a single physical server. That whole concept is a bit messy anyways - I'd much rather see 1 node process with 24 different storage threads (1 per disk) than 24 independent node processes. Nathan _______________________________________________ tahoe-dev mailing list [email protected] http://tahoe-lafs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
