New or existing storage system? (Tahoe LAFS)
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Tahoe-LAFS has been suggested in the past as a cloud storage type system where storage nodes are paid based on bandwidth and how often it is accessed. All files stored on storage nodes are encrypted before they are even sent to storage nodes, so encryption is not a worry.
The scalability is the only thing I'd be concerned about here. I don't know if it has been overcome, was another project, or something else, but I seem to remember hearing that the system only supports 128 storage nodes. That is the only issue I can think of.
It'd be helpful if you included why the storage limit exists or what would potentially cause it. Without knowing this we are unable to tell if this is a viable concern or not. If this is of concern we will be able to figure ways to overcome it by knowing why it is happening. Thanks.
I'm always so happy when I can find someone's already implemented something I had in mind.
Even if there's a 128 node limit, this is actually an ideal system for certain details of the bitcloud implementation I had in mind.
I'm endorsing tahoe-lafs for further consideration for bitcloud, for what it's worth.
On further perusal of the documentation, it appears there is no specific limit on the number of nodes. This will work very well for bitcloud.
Yes, we were considering it in the forums and IRC.
Looks like we will be implementing at least a variation of this storage system. Thanks for the ideas and suggestions you provided @maccam912