EVENODD Coding Scheme
The EVENODD Code introduced by M. Blaum and J. Bruck (IEEE
Trans. Comp., Vol. 44, Feb. 95) is an MDS array code which
has applications in distributed storage, reliable communication
and dynamic load balancing. It achieves optimal redundancy with a
much lower computational complexity than Reed-Solomon
codes. Unlike Reed-Solomon codes, which require computations over
finite fields, the EVENODD code requires only cyclic shifts and
parity operations.
The following is an illustration of the EVENODD Coding scheme for
the case of a RAIN cluster of four nodes. An image file is
encoded into four symbols, each half the size of the
original image. Given any 2 symbols, we can reconstruct the
original image.
Select two symbols.
Decoded Image
