There are other erasure codes that go beyond RS. For example LRC (Local Reconstruct Codes) is very interesting; it improves on reed Solomon by requiring less ba

There are other erasure codes that go beyond RS. For example LRC (Local Reconstruct Codes) is very interesting; it improves on reed Solomon by requiring less bandwidth/IO for repair reads. https://www.usenix.org/conference/atc12/technical-sessions/presentation/huang https://www.usenix.org/conference/atc12/technical-sessions/p...