Patent ID: 8751897
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing each of a plurality of distribution sets at a different one of a plurality of data storage locations, each distribution set comprising one or more elements, each element selected from a plurality of data blocks comprising a portion of input data or a plurality of level one error correction blocks (L1EC blocks) generated from the plurality of data blocks, the L1EC blocks comprising recovery information so that a damaged one of the data blocks is recoverable from one or more of the L1EC blocks and one or more of the plurality of data blocks other than the damaged data block; detecting a data disruption event; identifying an inaccessible data storage location in the plurality of data storage locations; and reconstructing the elements that were stored at the inaccessible data storage location using the elements stored at one or more of the plurality of data storage locations other than the inaccessible data storage location.