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Perhaps it was https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2016/07/pocket-watch/ https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2016/07/pocket-watch/ ? > we use a variant on Reed-Solom
by moreati 10y ago
Perhaps it was https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2016/07/pocket-watch/ https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2016/07/pocket-watch/ ?
> we use a variant on Reed-Solomon erasure coding that is similar to Local Reconstruction Codes
> according to this model, a given block in Magic Pocket is safe with 99.9999999999999999999999999% probability!
- saganus 10y agoAwesome! Yes, exactly that. I tried searching for "petabyte" but I guess I came 1 order of magnitude short... Thanks a lot! It was driving me crazy..