[Tfug] Dispersed Storage / Distributed backups

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

'Twould be interesting to set one of these up here in Tucson for mutual backup.  
I have an unused IP address for setting up a server ...

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Cleversafe Dispersed Storage - CleversafeWiki

    The Dispersed Storage Project is the central point of development and idea 
    exchange for developers around the world to contribute to innovative 
    storage solutions leveraging dispersed storage methodology.


    The Project uses information dispersal algorithms (IDAsTM) to separate data 
    into 11 unrecognizable DataSlicesTM and distribute them, via secure 
    Internet connections, to 11 storage locations throughout the world, 
    creating a storage grid. With dispersed storage, transmission and storage 
    of data is inherently private and secure. No single entire copy of the 
    data is in one location, and only 6 out of the 11 nodes need to be 
    available in order to perfectly retrieve the data.

    Data on the grid remains private and secure in the face of natural 
    catastrophes, or failures of hardware, connection, facility, or IT 
    management. Moreover, the individual data slices do not carry enough 
    information for an unauthorized viewer to determine the original content.

    The Cleversafe Dispersed Storage software includes client software with 
    both a comprehensive command line interface (CLI) as well as a complete 
    programming interface (DSAPI) to support any type of storage application. 
    This software further includes grid server software for creating a 
    dispersed storage grid. The Cleversafe software also manages metadata for 
    file systems stored on a Dispersed Storage grid. In addition, this project 
    includes the multi-terabyte Cleversafe Research Storage Grid at eleven 
    separate hosting facilities.
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http://www.cleversafe.org/wiki/Cleversafe_Dispersed_Storage

Angus