Optimal Exact-Regenerating Codes for Distributed Storage at the MSR and MBR Points via a Product-Matrix Construction

Rashmi, KV and Shah, Nihar B and Kumar, Vijay P (2011) Optimal Exact-Regenerating Codes for Distributed Storage at the MSR and MBR Points via a Product-Matrix Construction. In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 57 (8). pp. 5227-5239.

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Abstract

Regenerating codes are a class of distributed storage codes that allow for efficient repair of failed nodes, as compared to traditional erasure codes. An [n, k, d] regenerating code permits the data to be recovered by connecting to any k of the n nodes in the network, while requiring that a failed node be repaired by connecting to any d nodes. The amount of data downloaded for repair is typically much smaller than the size of the source data. Previous constructions of exact-regenerating codes have been confined to the case n = d + 1. In this paper, we present optimal, explicit constructions of (a) Minimum Bandwidth Regenerating (MBR) codes for all values of [n, k, d] and (b) Minimum Storage Regenerating (MSR) codes for all [n, k, d >= 2k - 2], using a new product-matrix framework. The product-matrix framework is also shown to significantly simplify system operation. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first constructions of exact-regenerating codes that allow the number n of nodes in the network, to be chosen independent of the other parameters. The paper also contains a simpler description, in the product-matrix framework, of a previously constructed MSR code with [n = d + 1, k, d >= 2k - 1].

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Publisher:	IEEE
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Keywords:	Distributed storage;interference alignment;network coding; node repair;partial data recovery;product-matrix framework; regenerating codes
Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Communication Engineering
Date Deposited:	09 Nov 2011 05:55
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2011 05:55
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/41941

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