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Abstract.
This paper assesses the reliability of the file storage system described in a series of articles [1,2,3]. This distributed system uses blockchain as a decentralized load balancer and distributes files across nodes using virtual disks. At the same time, the total amount of space required to ensure the reliability of the entire system is less than in full backup systems by 25%. However, it is impossible to calculate the reliability of such a system by known methods, since they do not take into account the time for automatic recovery of data on other nodes and the maximum number of recoveries possible after the loss of one node. The authors propose a mathematical method for calculating the reliability of such a class of systems. The article presents the result of the calculation by the presented method and, based on the results obtained, a conclusion is made about the advantages of load balancing systems based on smart contracts.
Keyword:
blockchain, p2p, distributed file system, reliability, load balancer.
PP. 10-20.
DOI: 10.14357/20790279230402
EDN: YLCMKG References
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