Opened at 2010-01-04T22:35:40Z

Last modified at 2010-01-26T15:04:01Z

#878 closed defect

warn users about the performance issues of mutable files — at Version 1

Reported by: zooko Owned by: nobody
Priority: major Milestone: 1.6.0
Component: unknown Version: 1.5.0
Keywords: docs mutable performance large reviewed Cc:
Launchpad Bug:

Description (last modified by zooko)

Performance issues:

  • mutable files are stored in their entirety in RAM briefly during upload
  • creating a new mutable file requires creating a new RSA public/private key-pair, which can take as many as a billion CPU cycles

Currently, new users can carefully read the Tahoe-LAFS docs and then go on and decide to use mutable files without being aware of these issues. To close this ticket, fix that.

Change History (1)

comment:1 Changed at 2010-01-04T22:35:53Z by zooko

  • Description modified (diff)
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