Data distribution for failure correlation management in a Peer to Peer storage system

This article presents a dynamic data distribution method for data storage in a P2P system. In our system (named Us), peers are arranged in groups called metapeers to deal with account failure correlation. To minimize end user traffic according to the reconstruction process, distribution must take into account a new measure: the maximum disturbance cost of a peer. In a previous work, we defined a static distribution scheme which minimizes this reconstruction cost derived from affine plan theory. In this paper, we extend this distribution scheme to deal with the dynamic behaviour of peer to peer systems