-
"Cheap SSL certs from $4.99/yr" -- apparently recommended for cheap, low-end SSL certs
-
Erasure codes, such as Reed-Solomon (RS) codes, are increasingly being deployed as an alternative to data-replication for fault tolerance in distributed storage systems. While RS codes provide significant savings in storage space, they can impose a huge burden on the I/O and network resources when reconstructing failed or otherwise unavailable data. A recent class of erasure codes, called minimum-storage-regeneration (MSR) codes, has emerged as a superior alternative to the popular RS codes, in that it minimizes network transfers during reconstruction while also being optimal with respect to storage and reliability. However, existing practical MSR codes do not address the increasingly important problem of I/O overhead incurred during reconstructions, and are, in general, inferior to RS codes in this regard. In this paper, we design erasure codes that are simultaneously optimal in terms of I/O, storage, and network bandwidth. Our design builds on top of a class of powerful practical codes, called the product-matrix-MSR codes. Evaluations show that our proposed design results in a significant reduction the number of I/Os consumed during reconstructions (a 5 reduction for typical parameters), while retaining optimality with respect to storage, reliability, and network bandwidth.
(tags: erasure-coding reed-solomon compression reliability reconstruction replication fault-tolerance storage bandwidth usenix papers)
Everyday I'm Shuffling - Tips for Writing Better Spark Programs [slides]
Two Spark experts from Databricks provide some good tips