In the most recent October 2020 Development Update there was a point mentioning a future change to the RS numbers. I was interested to know: is RS the same as erasure coding? is the current RS still 29/80? link what has been learned now the current network has been live for over a year? the expec…

[image] Stob: is RS the same as erasure coding? Yes [image] Stob: is the current RS still 29/80? link Technically it currently is 29/52/80/110 instead of 29/35/80/110 [image] Stob: what has been learned now the current network has been live for over a year? 29 is bad for perfo…

Thank you. Very informative. One follow-up question… [image] littleskunk: Technically it currently is 29/52/80/110 instead of 29/35/80/110 Does this mean an upload is split into 29 pieces, 80 piece copies are stored on storage nodes, if the number pieces on the network drops to 52 then a rep…

hi @Stob this is a great thread. Thanks for starting it. We definitely spend a lot of time looking at all different kinds of systems and practices , because we’re always seeking to improve. So our approach changes over time. As @littleskunk points out. If youre interested in hearing our CTO talk ab…

Im curious to hear about how other people in the community deal with weighing tradeoffs in dealing with technical issues and improvements. Maybe I should spin that off as a thread

[image] Stob: Does this mean an upload is split into 29 pieces, 80 piece copies are stored on storage nodes, if the number pieces on the network drops to 52 then a repair process is run, 110 is the maximum number of pieces if storage nodes come back online? You are very close. At the end of a…

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