http://localhost/ticket/1184 <p> Most of CKANs storage options are tied to the USA. This brings concerns of data security for some organisations who may wish to adopt the system. <a class="ext-link" href="http://wua.la"><span class="icon">​</span>Wuala</a> is a distributed file system that stores data in a peer-to-peer manner. The company behind it, <a class="missing wiki">LaCie?</a> sells storage for a fee. However, they also enable clients to have 'free' storage space when machines act as a storage node. </p> <p> In order to be a storage node, a machine needs to be online for more than 14% of the time - roughly 4h per day. Most CKAN servers are likely to have a far greater uptime than this. </p> <p> Supporting Wuala would go some way to enabling CKAN to be used in a secure manner. That is, CKAN could be promoted for organisational use where there is lots of data to be stored and large geographic distances to be managed. There is a <a class="ext-link" href="http://www.wuala.com/Wuala%20API/Sample%20Clients/Python/wualaAPI/"><span class="icon">​</span>Python client available</a> and a fairly <a class="ext-link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xKZ4KGkQY8"><span class="icon">​</span>long Google Tech Talk</a> that overviews the system. </p> en-us http://assets.okfn.org/p/ckan/img/ckan_logo_shortname.png http://localhost/ticket/1184 Trac 0.12.3 seanh Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:31:46 GMT http://localhost/ticket/1184#comment:1 http://localhost/ticket/1184#comment:1 <ul> <li><strong>milestone</strong> set to <em>ckan-backlog</em> </li> </ul> Ticket