A "storage grid" is made up of a number of storage servers. A storage server
has direct attached storage (typically one or more hard disks). A "gateway"
communicates with storage nodes, and uses them to provide access to the
-filesystem over protocols such as HTTP(S), SFTP or FTP.
+file store over protocols such as HTTP(S), SFTP or FTP.
Note that you can find "client" used to refer to gateway nodes (which act as
a client to storage servers), and also to processes or programs connecting to
the user connects to it over HTTPS or SFTP. This means that the operator of
the gateway can view and modify the user's data (the user *relies on* the
gateway for confidentiality and integrity), but the advantage is that the
-user can access the filesystem with a client that doesn't have the gateway
+user can access the file store with a client that doesn't have the gateway
software installed, such as an Internet kiosk or cell phone.
Access Control
-ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.10.2
+ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File Store, v1.10.2
The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce version 1.10.2 of
-Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely reliable distributed storage system.
+Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely reliable decentralized storage system.
Get it here:
https://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/trunk/docs/quickstart.rst
WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
-With Tahoe-LAFS, you distribute your filesystem across
-multiple servers, and even if some of the servers fail or are
-taken over by an attacker, the entire filesystem continues to
-work correctly, and continues to preserve your privacy and
-security. You can easily share specific files and directories
-with other people.
+With Tahoe-LAFS, you distribute your data across multiple
+servers. Even if some of the servers fail or are taken over
+by an attacker, the entire file store continues to function
+correctly, preserving your privacy and security. You can
+easily share specific files and directories with other people.
In addition to the core storage system itself, volunteers
have built other projects on top of Tahoe-LAFS and have
setup_args["version"] = version
setup(name=APPNAME,
- description='secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant filesystem',
+ description='secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant file store',
long_description=open('README.rst', 'rU').read(),
author='the Tahoe-LAFS project',
author_email='tahoe-dev@tahoe-lafs.org',