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diff --git a/doc/design.txt b/doc/design.txt index d572543..29ca0a4 100644 --- a/doc/design.txt +++ b/doc/design.txt @@ -59,6 +59,31 @@ Scaling, performance, estimates Open questions - What's a good MMD? Google seems to sign a new tree after 60-90 minutes (early 2014). They don't promise an MMD but aim to sign at - least once a day. We could start at 4h which would give us some time - to sort things out in case of trouble. Should probably not promise - anything like that for now though. + least once a day. + +A picture + ++-----------------------------------------------+ +| front end nodes | ++-----------------------------------------------+ + ^ ^ ^ ^ + | | | | + | v | | + | short term long term | + | cert db cert db copy | + | ^ | + | | v ++-----------------------------------------------+ +| tree makers | mergers | signers | ++-----------------------------------------------+ + ^ ^ + \ | + \ v + ------------- long term + cert db + +[TODO: Update terms in text or picture so they match: +secondary database == short term cert db +primary database == long term cert db +backend nodes == box with tree makers, mergers and signers] +[TODO: Move the picture to the top of the document.] |