You might be interested in a paper Microsoft published a few years ago, entitled "Erasure Coding in Windows Azure Storage", which describes some similar concept

You might be interested in a paper Microsoft published a few years ago, entitled "Erasure Coding in Windows Azure Storage", which describes some similar concepts in greater detail: http://msr-waypoint.com/en-us/um/people/yekhanin/Papers/UsenixATC_2012.pdf http://msr-waypoint.com/en-us/um/people/yekhanin/Papers/Usen...