From f614824ef2916784caf4471a3c05a044928e6572 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luckyredhot <> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:35:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [Imported from Trac: page FAQ, version 85] --- FAQ.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 6631ccb..9200b92 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -190,3 +190,9 @@ A: See [CompileError](CompileError). **Q27: Is IPv6 supported?** A: Not yet, see ticket #867. + +**Q28: How to delete files/folder from Tahoe-LAFS grid?** + +A: Tahoe-LAFS is designed to allow multiple users to access the same files. You wouldn't like it if one day a file of yours had been deleted by somebody else, right? Therefore, we have to solve The Garbage Collection Problem. The current solution is: do lease-renewal every month or so, and delete any files that nobody has lease-renewed in more than a month or so. + +For more details read [Garbage Collection in Tahoe](https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/trunk/docs/garbage-collection.rst).