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We’ve seen these types of systems before and I always wonder how well thought out this is - either on the part of the hosts, the company or the client. A coupl
by headmelted 6y ago
We’ve seen these types of systems before and I always wonder how well thought out this is - either on the part of the hosts, the company or the client.
A couple of questions I have right off the bat are:
How do we know how secure this solution is?
Even if it were incredibly well secured - what are the laws around this setup?
If someone stores illegal materials on this system who is responsible? (The person who stored it? The company? The unsuspecting host?)
What happens if the hosts lose interest or it fails commercially? Does the data get lost without warning when hosts start uninstalling the software?
The problems with these systems is almost never the technology - it’s finding a way to negotiate the millions of different implications storing information on other people’s behalf brings.
- onionjake 6y agoWe've been storing data like this for several years and have kept hundreds of PB and 10's of billions of objects without data loss despite having many nodes in areas affected by large regional outages. One recent example is when Texas was affected by blackouts. We are working on getting as much content up on the website as we can and telling more about us!
- headmelted 6y agoI’d genuinely be interested in seeing that, it would certainly give me more confidence. Have you looked into the legal aspects of your setup as regards liabilities? It probably doesn’t matter as much from the customer’s perspective as it’s their data so they should know what it contains, but would be worth knowing where this leaves you as a company and/or the network of nodes if some other customer pushed data onto the system that was objectionable.