id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	launchpad_bug
878	warn users about the performance issues of mutable files	zooko	nobody	"Performance issues:

 * mutable files are stored in their entirety in RAM briefly during upload
 * creating a new mutable file requires creating a new RSA public/private key-pair, which can take as many as a billion CPU cycles

Currently, new users can carefully read the Tahoe-LAFS docs and then go on and decide to use mutable files without being aware of these issues. To close this ticket, fix that."	defect	new	major	undecided	unknown	1.5.0		docs mutable performance