[tahoe-dev] some questions about tahoe-lafs

[Paul Rabahy]

https://github.com/LeastAuthority/tahoe-lafs/tree/1819-cloud-merge/src/allmydata/storage/backends/cloud
is
probably an even better url.

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Paul Rabahy <prabahy at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> https://github.com/LeastAuthority/tahoe-lafs/tree/eaa6e22358f1fcf924b3b26094029fad14d72df7/src/allmydata/storage/backends/cloud Shows
> some work being done to support googlestorage, msazure, openstack, and s3.
> I'm not sure how far along this is or if it has plans to get merged into
> the mainline client, but there is some work on it.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Avi Freedman <freedman at freedman.net>wrote:
>
>>
>> I understand that opinion but I don't believe that will enable the
>> largest growth of the LAFS-ecosystem.
>>
>> Maybe I'm wrong but I think the large mass of users will remain
>> locked out of being able to install and configure daemons - but
>> finding 10s or 100s providers to use that can offer S3, SWIFT, or
>> is doable now - and doesn't diminish the market that (I think)
>> LeastAuthority and Havenco are trying to address.
>>
>> As I said we'll summarize LAFS-related user feedback and in the
>> mean time just try to help augment install and basic usage FAQs.
>>
>> Avi
>>
>> (Greg wrote:)
>>
>> > freedman at freedman.net (Avi Freedman) writes:
>> >
>> > > Right now I think you have to do FUSE mounts of S3 or webdav or
>> something
>> > > else and run the storage node on top of that but longer term I think
>> > > being able to support no-software-install standard-protocol backend
>> > > nodes as an option would be great for LAFS.
>> >
>> > This is IMHO a serious technical step backwards.  We have standard
>> > interfaces and a narrow waist for filesystem interfaces, much like IP,
>> > which means that tahoe does not need to know about all of these
>> > backends.
>>
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