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revision 1.204 by benja, Mon Nov 10 09:51:06 2003 UTC revision 1.205 by benja, Mon Nov 10 10:01:34 2003 UTC
# Line 157  the following features of filesharing sy Line 157  the following features of filesharing sy
157  Off-line capability  Off-line capability
158         The ability to         The ability to
159         download version(s) and use them off-line without         download version(s) and use them off-line without
160         a change in the user interface or functionality,         a change in the user interface or functionality
161           (clicking on a link should "just work" when off-line,
162           as long as the target is available locally)
163         and to use a neighbouring computer's cache         and to use a neighbouring computer's cache
164         if the LAN is disconnected from the internet         if the LAN is disconnected from the internet
165    
# Line 171  Heterogeneity Line 173  Heterogeneity
173         (e.g. anonymity, efficiency); c) more people can use this         (e.g. anonymity, efficiency); c) more people can use this
174         (network effect)         (network effect)
175    
 ..  XXX something that requires keeping info in one place  
     in one network will never be agreeable upon between  
     all networks  
   
176  Distributed archivability  Distributed archivability
177         The ability to         The ability to
178         keep a version originally published by         keep a version originally published by
# Line 321  that do not exist at the file system int Line 319  that do not exist at the file system int
319  presented to the user. Therefore, even in OceanStore,  presented to the user. Therefore, even in OceanStore,
320  a user cannot simply download a version of a file  a user cannot simply download a version of a file
321  and an associated heartbeat and store them on their  and an associated heartbeat and store them on their
322  harddisk to keep the version "alive." Of course, the  harddisk (off-line capability) or distribute them
323  very idea of Oceanstore is to make this unnecessary  through different P2P networks (heterogeneity).
324  by reliably archiving *everything*, but whether this  
325  will succeed remains to be seen.  .. to keep the version "alive." Of course, the
326       very idea of Oceanstore is to make this unnecessary
327       by reliably archiving *everything*, but whether this
328       will succeed remains to be seen.
329    
330  .. [#consistencytime] Many applications  .. [#consistencytime] Many applications
331     are believed to be able to cope with looser consistency     are believed to be able to cope with looser consistency
# Line 406  could be originally edited in OceanStore Line 407  could be originally edited in OceanStore
407  in Gnutella or a DHT-based system, using an anonymized system  in Gnutella or a DHT-based system, using an anonymized system
408  like Achord [hazel02achord]_ if it contains controversial content.  like Achord [hazel02achord]_ if it contains controversial content.
409    
410    ..  XXX something that requires keeping info in one place
411        in one network will never be agreeable upon between
412        all networks? -- probably not due to space constraints
413    
414    
415    
416  The Storm data model  The Storm data model
417  ====================  ====================

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