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this must be a different endpoint or it is ambiguous with bucket interactions. plus it makes more sense that "place where storage indexes are" is different from "place where buckets are" although I am still uncomfortable with the idea that "storage indexes" are things and not ... indexes ... |
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accounting-overview.txt | ||
denver.txt | ||
GridID.txt | ||
http-storage-node-protocol.rst | ||
index.rst | ||
leasedb.rst | ||
lossmodel.lyx | ||
mutable-DSA.svg | ||
mutable-DSA.txt | ||
mutsemi.svg | ||
old-accounts-introducer.txt | ||
old-accounts-pubkey.txt | ||
README.lossmodel |
The lossmodel.lyx file is the source document for an in-progress paper that analyzes the probability of losing files stored in a Tahoe-LAFS file store under various scenarios. It describes: 1. How to estimate peer reliabilities, based on peer MTBF failure data. 2. How to compute file loss probabilities, based on a given set of shares stored on peers with estimated reliabilities. The peer reliabilities do not have to be uniform, and the model takes into account the file repair process. 3. How to estimate Tahoe parameters for k (shares needed), n (shares distributed) and A (repair interval) to achieve a file reliability target. 4. How to compute the estimated repair cost over time, discounted at a fixed rate, of maintaining a file for a time period T. Future work will also address the latter three issues in the context of "non-aggressive" repair, where repair will only be performed if too many shares are lost, and it will also extend the repair cost estimation model to suggest cost functions appropriate for common network architectures. A PDF of the current version of the file may be downloaded from: http://willden.org/~shawn/lossmodel.pdf