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arXiv:2302.13798cs.DS

An algorithm for geo-distributed and redundant storage in Garage

Mendes Oulamara, Alex Auvolat

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Abstract

This paper presents an optimal algorithm to compute the assignment of data to storage nodes in the Garage geo-distributed storage system. We discuss the complexity of the different steps of the algorithm and metrics that can be displayed to the user.

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14 pages, 1 figure
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cs.DSData Structures and Algorithms cs.DCDistributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing

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  1. MinIO is now in maintenance-mode 1 comment

    • Shipping updates almost weekly is the opposite of what I want for a complex, mission-critical distributed system. Building a production-ready S3 replacement requires careful, deliberate and rigorous engineering work (which is what Garage is doing[1]). It's not clear if RustFS is…

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