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SStorage

A collection of 11 posts

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Minimal amout of code needed

It is no secret that I don't like dependencies. I don't like dependencies and I hate external dependencies. But there is something I hate even more: small and very small dependencies.

  • Ludovic Lagouardette
    Ludovic Lagouardette
4 min read
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Replication popularized

Data replication is a corner stone of distributed systems: since the very beginnings of cloud computing, being able to assert that pieces of data would not be lost in an incident always was

  • Ludovic Lagouardette
    Ludovic Lagouardette
2 min read
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Supervision popularized

Supervision is a way to ensure a computer service does not go out of service should a key component fail. The principle is rather simple: another computer or program continuously tracks whenever the

  • Ludovic Lagouardette
    Ludovic Lagouardette
2 min read
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What is even a file ?

Sometimes what you think is obvious and simple really is not. If my father in his 50s asked me what is a computer file, how would I answer? A file is a self

  • Ludovic Lagouardette
    Ludovic Lagouardette
3 min read
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My motivations: why do I make SStorage the way I do

SStorage is an important project for me, I have spent more than an entire year worth of work into this project. It started on the 4th July 2019 with the first prototype of

  • Ludovic Lagouardette
    Ludovic Lagouardette
2 min read
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Cloud storage consensus: the early bird technique

Consensus is one of the complex pieces of a distributed system. Consensus is what leads to consistency. SStorage uses a peculiar technique that is partially decentralized which I am going to demonstrate and

  • Ludovic Lagouardette
    Ludovic Lagouardette
2 min read
English

Encryption popularized

Encrypting data. You may have read about that dozens of times, but what does it means?

  • Ludovic Lagouardette
    Ludovic Lagouardette
3 min read
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Plan9: why it matters to a secure cloud storage developer

It is hard to make correct computer software. It is harder to make correct research computer software. It is even harder to make correct distributed research computer software. So, why does Plan9 matters

  • Ludovic Lagouardette
    Ludovic Lagouardette
2 min read
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Hacking popularized

Hacking popularized: What does it means? How could my insert online service account be hacked? We are here discussing the key principles of hacking so that it doesn't happen to you.[1] Like

  • Ludovic Lagouardette
    Ludovic Lagouardette
3 min read
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Bloomfilters and their role in cloud storage

As software craftpersons, it is important to have a variety of tools for fixing poor performance. Bloomfilter are generally used to solve a cardinality problem: is an element probably in the list or

  • Ludovic Lagouardette
    Ludovic Lagouardette
3 min read
English

The C++ Standard Library for cloud software development

C++ is one of the most powerful programming languages in its semantics. The language is so capable that with a little amount of assembly it is nearly capable of any feat in computer

  • Ludovic Lagouardette
    Ludovic Lagouardette
2 min read
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