A distributed control system for a vehicle, comprising: a configuration controller; at least three nodes communicatively coupled to the configuration controller, each of the at least three nodes comprising a memory device for storing local data and portions of shared data of the distributed control system, wherein the portions of the shared data are dissimilarly copied across the at least three nodes using dissimilar methods, wherein the dissimilar methods comprise at least one of striping the shared data amongst the at least three nodes, storing parity information of the shared data amongst at least one of the at least three nodes, storing unique identification or signatory information of the shared data amongst at least one of the at least three nodes, storing subsets of the shared data amongst the at least three nodes, and/or storing exact copies of the shared data amongst at least one of the at least three nodes so as to increase redundancy of the shared data; wherein the vehicle control system comprises an engine control system for a gas turbine engine, the shared data comprising at least one of configuration data for the gas turbine engine or engine health data for the gas turbine engine; and wherein the configuration data comprises at least one of a thrust rating for the gas turbine engine and/or calibration data for one or more components of the gas turbine engine and wherein the engine health data comprises at least one of data indicating a number of flight hours or operating hours for the gas turbine engine, data indicating a number of cycle events for the gas turbine engine, or data indicating a number of times the gas turbine engine has been operated at one or more predefined conditions. a configuration controller; at least three nodes communicatively coupled to the configuration controller, each of the at least three nodes comprising a memory device for storing local data and portions of shared data of the distributed control system, wherein the portions of the shared data are dissimilarly copied across the at least three nodes using dissimilar methods, wherein the dissimilar methods comprise at least one of striping the shared data amongst the at least three nodes, storing parity information of the shared data amongst at least one of the at least three nodes, storing unique identification or signatory information of the shared data amongst at least one of the at least three nodes, storing subsets of the shared data amongst the at least three nodes, and/or storing exact copies of the shared data amongst at least one of the at least three nodes so as to increase redundancy of the shared data; wherein the vehicle control system comprises an engine control system for a gas turbine engine, the shared data comprising at least one of configuration data for the gas turbine engine or engine health data for the gas turbine engine; and wherein the configuration data comprises at least one of a thrust rating for the gas turbine engine and/or calibration data for one or more components of the gas turbine engine and wherein the engine health data comprises at least one of data indicating a number of flight hours or operating hours for the gas turbine engine, data indicating a number of cycle events for the gas turbine engine, or data indicating a number of times the gas turbine engine has been operated at one or more predefined conditions.