[Freedombox-discuss] Freedombox For Cloud Services

[Josef Spillner]

:: Sandy Harris Dienstag 07 Februar 2012
> What about Tahoe?
> https://tahoe-lafs.org

A conceptual difference is that Tahoe is targeting homogeneous storage 
networks, where access to the servers is assumed because they also need to run 
Tahoe software, whereas NubiSave goes to great lengths (e.g. by contributing 
new FUSE modules to fuse.sf.net) to be able to talk to existing online storage 
providers despite their (often found) inability or unwillingness to be talked 
to in a uniform way.

A second conceptual difference is that Tahoe is more of a (static) RAIC and 
NubiSave more of a (dynamic) RAOC, where means that security can be traded for 
cost or proximity can be traded for signup privacy. This mechanism relies on 
formal provider descriptions.

A practical difference is that Tahoe looks like a genuine engineering project, 
so it is available for more platforms, has better testing, and certainly an 
existing user base.

Josef