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Different users of Tahoe-LAFS have different desires for "Which servers should I upload which shares to?". Different users of Tahoe-LAFS have different desires for "Which servers should I upload which shares to?".
* allmydata.com wants to upload to a random selection, evenly distributed among servers which are not full; This is, unsurprisingly, what Tahoe v1.4 currently does. * allmydata.com wants to upload to a random selection, evenly distributed among servers which are not full; This is, unsurprisingly, what Tahoe v1.5 currently does.
* Brian has mentioned that an allmydata.com-style deployment might prefer to have the servers with more remaining capacity receiving more shares, thus "filling up faster" than the servers with less remaining capacity. * Brian has mentioned that an allmydata.com-style deployment might prefer to have the servers with more remaining capacity receiving more shares, thus "filling up faster" than the servers with less remaining capacity.
* Kevin Reid wants, at least for one of his use cases, to specify several servers each of which is guaranteed to get at least K shares of each file, in addition to potentially other servers also getting shares. * Kevin Reid wants, at least for one of his use cases, to specify several servers each of which is guaranteed to get at least K shares of each file, in addition to potentially other servers also getting shares.
* Shawn Willden wants, likewise, to specify a server (e.g. his mom's PC) which is guaranteed to get at least K shares of certain files (the family pictures and movies files). * Shawn Willden wants, likewise, to specify a server (e.g. his mom's PC) which is guaranteed to get at least K shares of certain files (the family pictures and movies files).