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Currently, the system requires you to check in (using the git-annex facility) on a regular basis. If you don't check in (it's a script run by cron) within 2 wee
by textfiles 11y ago
Currently, the system requires you to check in (using the git-annex facility) on a regular basis. If you don't check in (it's a script run by cron) within 2 weeks, you're considered decayed, and after 30 days, your contributions fall back into the pool and are taken in elsewhere.
- meesterdude 11y agoI'm talking more about the checksums of files over time, and error correction should they deviate. I recently read about facebooks cold storage and it got me thinking about it (https://code.facebook.com/posts/1433093613662262/-under-the-hood-facebook-s-cold-storage-system-/ https://code.facebook.com/posts/1433093613662262/-under-the-...) though for them they just want one copy total.
- textfiles 11y agogit-annex is the engine behind this project currently, and a lot of bugfixes, feature-adds and work has happened as a result. https://git-annex.branchable.com/ https://git-annex.branchable.com/