Reliability coding with reduced network traffic

1. A system comprising a storage device and processing circuitry, wherein the processing circuitry has access to the storage device and is configured to:

generate a plurality of data fragments from data to enable reconstruction of a portion of the data from a subset of the plurality of data fragments, wherein the plurality of data fragments includes a first fragment and a second fragment;

store, across a plurality of nodes in a network, the plurality of data fragments, wherein storing the plurality of data fragments includes storing the first fragment at a first node and the second fragment at a second node;

generate, by the first node, a plurality of secondary fragments derived from the first fragment to enable reconstruction of the first fragment from a subset of the plurality of secondary fragments;

store the plurality of secondary fragments from the first fragment across a plurality of storage devices included within the first node, wherein storing the plurality of secondary fragments includes storing each of the plurality of secondary fragments in a different one of the plurality of storage devices; and

reconstruct the portion of the data from a subset of the plurality of data fragments, wherein to reconstruct the portion of the data, the processing circuitry reduces network traffic by reconstructing the first fragment from a subset of the plurality of secondary fragments and avoiding the use of the plurality of data fragments stored across the plurality of nodes in the network.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein to reconstruct the portion of the data, the processing circuitry is further configured to:

identify a failed storage device within the first node, wherein the failed storage device is one of the plurality of storage devices included within the first node; and

reconstruct data stored at the failed storage device using secondary fragments stored across a reconstruction subset of the plurality of storage devices, wherein the reconstruction subset does not include the failed storage device.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein to reconstruct the data stored at the failed storage device, the processing circuitry is further configured to:

reconstruct the data stored at the failed storage device within the first node without requiring network access to any of the other plurality of nodes in the network.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein to reconstruct the data stored at the failed storage device, the processing circuitry is further configured to:

reconstruct the data stored at the failed storage device within the first node without generating network activity.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein to generate a plurality of data fragments from the data, the processing circuitry is further configured to:

accumulate data from one or more servers; and

responsive to the data reaching a sufficient size, generate the plurality of data fragments from the data.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of storage devices is a first plurality of storage devices, and wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

generate, by the second node, a plurality of secondary fragments derived from the second fragment to enable reconstruction of the second fragment from a subset of the plurality of secondary fragments derived from the second fragment; and

store the plurality of secondary fragments derived from the second fragment across a second plurality of storage devices included within the second node, wherein storing the plurality of secondary fragments derived from the second fragment includes storing each of the plurality of secondary fragments derived from the second fragment in a different one of the second plurality of storage devices.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein to reconstruct the portion of the data, the processing circuitry is further configured to:

reconstruct the second fragment from a subset of the plurality of second fragments derived from the second fragment.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein to generate the plurality of data fragments, the processing circuitry is further configured to:

generate a plurality of Reed Solomon erasure coding data fragments, the plurality of Reed Solomon erasure coding data fragments including a plurality of parity data fragments.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein to generate the plurality of secondary fragments from the first fragment, the processing circuitry is further configured to:

generate one or more parity data fragments.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein to store the plurality of data fragments, the processing circuitry is further configured to:

store each of the plurality of data fragments in a different fault domain.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the fault domain is defined as a node.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the fault domain is defined as a rack.

13. A method comprising:

generating, by a storage system, a plurality of data fragments from data to enable reconstruction of the data from a subset of the plurality of data fragments, wherein the plurality of data fragments includes a first fragment and a second fragment;

storing, by the storage system and across the plurality of nodes in a network, the plurality of data fragments, wherein storing the plurality of data fragments includes storing the first fragment at a first node and the second fragment at a second node, wherein the first node and the second node are included within the plurality of nodes;

generating, by the storage system, a plurality of secondary fragments derived from the first fragment to enable reconstruction of the first fragment from a subset of the plurality of secondary fragments;

storing, by the storage system, the plurality of secondary fragments from the first fragment across a plurality of storage devices included within the first node, wherein storing the plurality of secondary fragments includes storing each of the plurality of secondary fragments in a different one of the plurality of storage devices; and

reconstructing, by the storage system, the portion of the data from a subset of the plurality of data fragments, wherein reconstructing the portion of the data includes reducing network traffic by reconstructing the first fragment from a subset of the plurality of secondary fragments and avoiding the use of the plurality of data fragments stored across the plurality of nodes in the network.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein reconstructing the portion of the data includes:

identifying a failed storage device within the first node, wherein the failed storage device is one of the plurality of storage devices included within the first node; and

reconstructing data stored at the failed storage device using secondary fragments stored across a reconstruction subset of the plurality of storage devices, wherein the reconstruction subset does not include the failed storage device.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein reconstructing the data stored at the failed storage device includes:

reconstructing the data stored at the failed storage device within the first node without generating network activity.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein reconstructing the data stored at the failed storage device includes:

reconstructing the data stored at the failed storage device within the first node without requiring network access to any of the other plurality of nodes in the network.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein generating a plurality of data fragments from data includes:

accumulating data from one or more devices; and

responsive to the data reaching a sufficient size, generating the plurality of data fragments from the data.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of storage devices is a first plurality of storage devices, the method further comprising:

generating, by the second node, a plurality of secondary fragments derived from the second fragment to enable reconstruction of the second fragment from a subset of the plurality of secondary fragments derived from the second fragment; and

storing the plurality of secondary fragments derived from the second fragment across a second plurality of storage devices included within the second node, wherein storing the plurality of secondary fragments derived from the second fragment includes storing each of the plurality of secondary fragments derived from the second fragment in a different one of the second plurality of storage devices.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein reconstructing the data includes:

reconstructing the second fragment from a subset of the plurality of second fragments derived from the second fragment.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, configure processing circuitry of a storage system to perform operations comprising:

generating a plurality of data fragments from data to enable reconstruction of at least a portion of the data from a subset of the plurality of data fragments, wherein the plurality of data fragments includes a first fragment and a second fragment;

storing, across a plurality of nodes in a network, the plurality of data fragments, wherein storing the plurality of data fragments includes storing the first fragment at a first node and the second fragment at a second node;

generating, by the first node, a plurality of secondary fragments derived from the first fragment to enable reconstruction of the first fragment from a subset of the plurality of secondary fragments;

storing the plurality of secondary fragments from the first fragment across a plurality of storage devices included within the first node, wherein storing the plurality of secondary fragments includes storing each of the plurality of secondary fragments in a different one of the plurality of storage devices; and

reconstructing the portion of the data from a subset of the plurality of data fragments, wherein reconstructing the portion of the data includes reducing network traffic by reconstructing the first fragment from a subset of the plurality of secondary fragments and avoiding the use of the plurality of data fragments stored across the plurality of nodes in the network.