From 309bfb7fb6ba86fccbca04cc666112686e7a32cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: makefu Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 15:54:08 +0200 Subject: update elchos --- content/posts/introducing-elchos.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/posts/introducing-elchos.rst b/content/posts/introducing-elchos.rst index 4e11200..ab9f548 100644 --- a/content/posts/introducing-elchos.rst +++ b/content/posts/introducing-elchos.rst @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ ElchOS is a linux distribution with the purpose of providing a simple way to share disk storage and data in a streamlined fashion. The intend is to solve the 'Filesharing on the Chaos Communications Congress' Dilemma. -Filesharing on the Chaos Communications Congress ------------------------------------------------- +The 'Filesharing on the Chaos Communications Congress' Dilemma +-------------------------------------------------------------- File Sharing on the congress works like that: @@ -24,3 +24,24 @@ File Sharing on the congress works like that: account or the queue is full or the servers are offline. 5. everyone on the congress simply downloads torrents from the 'real' internet because it is just so much faster. + +All in all the state of file sharing is really sad despite the fact that +provided hardware is pretty damn good. All it needs is a bit streamlining and +all should be fine. + +Main Purpose +------------ + +The basic idea is to have an USB-Stick which contains a minimal OS specifically +intended for creating a file sharing host. The OS may have minimal impact on +the disks attached to the host and mount all the disks or raid arrays previously +created and prepared. It should just export with one of the many possible file +sharing methods. Besides legacy FTP we want to deploy 'cool' file sharing +methods, such as `Advanced Direct Connect`_. + +In addition to that we want a command and control channel, as well as a simple +means of searching through the storage provided by the hosts. On top of +everything the nodes should create statistics of how awesome they are at +sharing all these data. + +.. _Advanced Direct Connect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Direct_Connect -- cgit v1.2.3