From 4c8c3e094623f70f06db3b6c5dec998a8f8b74e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Una Thompson Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 02:40:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f53bf11..dca1c8c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ -# Jortage Proxy +# Jortage Storage Pool Proxy A miniature S3-to-S3 proxy that accepts incoming requests, hashes the uploaded -file, stores their desired path in an MVStore key-value store, along with the -hash, and then uploads the original file to a backing S3 server named after the -hash to offer limited deduplication. - -It rejects any attempt to delete files, as this is designed for Project Jortage, -a fediverse storage pool. Mastodon won't ever attempt to delete media, and -allowing people to would allow them to yank media that isn't theirs. +file, stores their desired path in a MariaDB database, along with the hash, and +then uploads the original file to a backing S3 server named after the +hash to offer file-level deduplication. Also implements an acceleration server +called Rivet that allows users to request media be added to the pool by URL +without a potentially wasteful download/upload. +[Learn more](https://jortage.com).