Two-Layer Coding in Distributed Storage Systems With Partial Node Failure/Repair

We a distributed storage system where parts of the stored packets in storage nodes are subject to being lost. In a process, termed as the partial repair, the lost packets in a faulty node are recovered by the transmitted packets from other storage nodes and the available packets in the faulty node. To improve reliability of the stored data, and reduce the transmission costs, we propose a scheme that implements two-layer coding for storing files in the system. We study the minimum possible partial-repair bandwidth, and the codes that achieve the optimal bound.