Re: [tahoe-dev] FAQ? - What happens if I loose the Tahoe-LAFS gateway machine? production ready?

2011-01-07 Thread David-Sarah Hopwood
On 2011-01-07 20:02, Greg Troxel wrote: > Brian Warner writes: > >> What matters most is the filecap, dircap, or "rootcap" under which you >> stored your data. You must retain access to that string. > > Nit: you really need the introducer furl. But all the storage servers > should have it, so

Re: [tahoe-dev] FAQ? - What happens if I loose the Tahoe-LAFS gateway machine? production ready?

2011-01-07 Thread Greg Troxel
Brian Warner writes: > What matters most is the filecap, dircap, or "rootcap" under which you > stored your data. You must retain access to that string. Nit: you really need the introducer furl. But all the storage servers should have it, so that's less scary than your rootcap. pgpHMBIdcC9z

Re: [tahoe-dev] FAQ? - What happens if I loose the Tahoe-LAFS gateway machine? production ready?

2011-01-06 Thread Carsten Krüger
Hello Brian, > The grid, and the rootcap, are all that you need to retrieve the data. Great! > The only critical piece is the rootcap. Perfect fitting for my plan. greetings Carsten ___ tahoe-dev mailing list tahoe-dev@tahoe-lafs.org http://tahoe-la

Re: [tahoe-dev] FAQ? - What happens if I loose the Tahoe-LAFS gateway machine? production ready?

2011-01-05 Thread Brian Warner
On 1/5/11 2:26 PM, Carsten Krüger wrote: > >> What matters most is the filecap, dircap, or "rootcap" under which >> you stored your data. You must retain access to that string. > > This is only a small amount of data that never changes? Right. Think of it like a URL that points to a whole site f

Re: [tahoe-dev] FAQ? - What happens if I loose the Tahoe-LAFS gateway machine? production ready?

2011-01-05 Thread Shawn Willden
2011/1/5 Carsten Krüger > Hello Brian, > > > The gateway is merely that: a gateway between your HTTP-speaking client > > and the Tahoe storage grid. Nothing on the gateway needs to be backed-up > > or preserved. > > > What matters most is the filecap, dircap, or "rootcap" under which you > > stor

Re: [tahoe-dev] FAQ? - What happens if I loose the Tahoe-LAFS gateway machine? production ready?

2011-01-05 Thread Carsten Krüger
Hello Brian, > The gateway is merely that: a gateway between your HTTP-speaking client > and the Tahoe storage grid. Nothing on the gateway needs to be backed-up > or preserved. > What matters most is the filecap, dircap, or "rootcap" under which you > stored your data. You must retain access to

Re: [tahoe-dev] FAQ? - What happens if I loose the Tahoe-LAFS gateway machine? production ready?

2011-01-05 Thread Brian Warner
On 1/5/11 12:56 PM, Carsten Krüger wrote: > maybe it's a FAQ but I didn't find an answer on the website. Excellent questions! Yeah, we should definitely add these to the FAQ. > What happens if I loose the gateway? Did the informations on the > storage servers are sufficent to "rebuild" the hole

[tahoe-dev] FAQ? - What happens if I loose the Tahoe-LAFS gateway machine? production ready?

2011-01-05 Thread Carsten Krüger
Hello, maybe it's a FAQ but I didn't find an answer on the website. What happens if I loose the gateway? Did the informations on the storage servers are sufficent to "rebuild" the hole system? Is the index etc. stored in a distributed way? If not: what files of the gateway have to be backuped?