diff --git a/UseCases.md b/UseCases.md index 7547a69..d9a135c 100644 --- a/UseCases.md +++ b/UseCases.md @@ -1,14 +1,25 @@ There are several ways that people might want to use Tahoe: -(This Wiki page was inspired by the following discussion on the tahoe-dev list: ) +(This Wiki page was originally inspired by [this discussion on the tahoe-dev list](http://allmydata.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2007-June/000022.html)) + +1. groups of friends who want to share backup and file-sharing 1. Allmydata, Inc. operating a storage grid on corporately owned servers -2. groups of friends who want to share backup and file-sharing - 3. system administrators who want to experiment with it for backup 4. Allmydata, Inc. and its customers operating a storage grid including the customer's computers 5. a large, diverse ecosystem of selfish or mutually suspicious people and organizations who want a storage service with extremely high reliability and availability + +![](http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/attachment/wiki/Doc/usecases.jpg?format=raw) + +Use Cases + +| | | | | | | +|---|---|---|---|---|---| +|*name*|*number of nodes*|*administrative domains*|*node capacity*|*node availability*|*churn*| +|friendnet|2-10|many trusted domains|mixed|it depends on the friends...|low| +|sysadmin|2-10|one domain|uniform|uniform|high|low| +more to come...