In previous work, we showed how simple matrix manipulation algorithms can completely solve the problem of data reconstruction in a uniform way across all XOR-based erasure codes. In those algorithms, a workspace matrix is constructed and manipulated. At the end of the algorithm, XOR formulas for reconstructing lost data can be read directly from the workspace. Empty formulas implied irretrivable data loss. The dimension of the (square) workspace matrix was equal to the total number of “bits in the codeword”, i.e., the number of data and parity elements. In this paper, we show how the workspace can be reduced significantly. Sample (self-explanatory) Mathematica code is provided as well.
By: Bruce Cassidy, James Lee Hafner
Published in: RJ10415 in 2007
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