That was my first question, too. After clicking through a few links and even opening up an intro presentation I was left unsatisfied and closed the tab. This project desperately needs an FAQ or overview video up-front.
That is a completely misleading / outright wrong description.
1. It can work with any data storage method you want afaict. S3, B2, GCS, local, etc.
2. It's primary goal is to store your data forever, regardless of hard drive failures / storage companies folding / whatever.
That was my first question, too. After clicking through a few links and even opening up an intro presentation I was left unsatisfied and closed the tab. This project desperately needs an FAQ or overview video up-front.
The video demo on the front page is a great place to get an overview of what it's all about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dk2iVlc67M
Is there an overview that's less "an hour long" and more "three sentences"?
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This 24 minute overview gives a good idea as to the fundamentals of their system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxSzQIwXM1k
It downloads and catalogs a bunch of crap onto a local hard drive.
... but hard drives don't last forever? And if that is all it's doing, why not just save the stuff to your hard drive in the first place.
I am so confused by what these people do.
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That is a completely misleading / outright wrong description.
1. It can work with any data storage method you want afaict. S3, B2, GCS, local, etc. 2. It's primary goal is to store your data forever, regardless of hard drive failures / storage companies folding / whatever.
It's content addressable storage - as used by git and plan9's fossil/venti.
https://perkeep.org/doc/prior-art
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_(file_system)
https://perkeep.org/doc/overview