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<button id="btn_create_list">Create list with uploaded files</button>
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<h1>Pixeldrain Public Beta<img src="/res/img/sia.png" style="height: 40px;"/></h1>
<h1>Pixeldrain Public Beta</h1>
<p>
Note that this is an experimental version of Pixeldrain server,
the Pixeldrain backend has been completely redesigned from the
ground up to be more extensible, efficient and scalable. The
server this web application runs on is considered a testing
environment. Database resets can happen at any moment when
architectural changes need to be applied.
environment. Database resets can happen when architectural
changes need to be applied.
</p>
<p>
The Sia integration is still very experimental and could
fail at any moment resulting in data loss. Do not upload files
to this server that you cannot afford to lose. Use the stable
main server instead:
fail, resulting in data loss. Do not upload files to this server
that you cannot afford to lose. Use the stable main server instead:
<a href="https://pixeldrain.com">https://pixeldrain.com</a>.
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starts running out of space files will be purged from the local
filesystem and served from Sia on the next request.
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<h2>News</h2>
<h3>Data loss has occurred</h3>
<p>
As noted below, the integration with Sia cloud storage is highly
experimental, everyone who uses this service should be aware of
that fact.
</p>
<p>
I recently discovered that the Sia node that is storing the
files for this website had crashed because of a memory leak. The
Sia team is currently trying to figure out how this memory leak
occurred. It's likely the contract renewal went wrong which
caused the Sia node to become unstable. Now when I start the Sia
daemon it eats up about 1 GB of RAM per minute, so I've turned
it off for the time being.
</p>
<p>
In the short period that the Sia daemon keeps running I managed
to request a file listing. It seems that because of the failed
contracts about 80% of the stored files have dropped far below
1x redundancy, meaning that they are lost. The upside of all
this is that the bug has been discovered before version 1.3.3
has come out so it might be fixed in the next release, bringing
the Sia platform as a whole another step closer to being a
reliable data storage solution.
</p>
<p>
Anyway, don't be surprised if your previously uploaded files are
gone now. I will soon start purging all unrecoverable files from
the database so we can start over with a clean slate.
</p>
<h2>Legality</h2>
<p>
I cannot be held liable for any illegal and / or copyrighted