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Distributed Internet Backup System (#980)
Posted: 1/31/2003; 11:56 PM by Terry Frazier
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Another driver for home servers, the two-way Internet, and legitimate P2P. This is a very early effort, but is emblematic of the power in P2P and grid computing. Given the right sort of front-end and controls, a similar system could work for distributed document and content management systems, ensuring availability. I'd set aside 10GB-20GB of disk space in return for similar space scattered across the Net.

Slashdot | Distributed Internet Backup System.

deadfx writes "Since disk drives are cheap, backup should be cheap too. Of course it does not help to mirror your data by adding more disks to your own computer because a fire, flood, power surge, etc. could still wipe out your local data center. Instead, you should give your files to peers (and in return store their files) so that if a catastrophe strikes your area, you can recover data from surviving peers. The Distributed Internet Backup System (DIBS) is designed to implement this vision."

Note that DIBS is a backup system not a file sharing system like Napster, Gnutella, Kazaa, etc. In fact, DIBS encrypts all data transmissions so that the peers you trade files with can not access your data. [Privacy Digest]
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