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Updated on 2024-04-15 GMT+08:00

What Redundancy Techniques Does OBS Use?

OBS uses the erasure coding (EC) algorithm, instead of multiple copies, to ensure data redundancy.

Compared with the multi-copy redundancy, EC delivers a higher storage space utilization while maintaining the same reliability level.