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GnetRAID Project wiki

What is it?

GnetRAID is a project intended to efficiently implement RAID-like algorithms in software and to implement some possible applications using these algorithms. The main algorithm used is Michael Rabin's Information Dispersal Algorithm. The algorithm is very similar to the more widely-known Reed-Solomon coding method, versions of which are used to perform error detection and correction in applications such as Compact Discs and hardware RAID arrays.

Who is it for?

Initially, this project is aimed at developers who want a decent library implementation of Rabin's IDA or Reed-Solomon codes and who want to develop applications using them. Although some C code is used in the lower-level code, the main development language for the higher-level parts is Perl.

In addition, two user applications are currently implemented:

  • An implementation of Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme which is suitable for sharing secret keys, and
  • An implementation of Rabin's IDA which is suitable for sharing large files

Command-line versions of these programs are currently available, but GUI versions are planned.

Unix man pages

Downloading the latest release

The latest official release is available from the project's main SourceForge page, under the files link.

Downloading from Subversion

All active development takes place in the Subversion repository for the project. To download the latest files use: 

svn co https://gnetraid.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gnetraid gnetraid

For each module, the current development tree resides in trunk/, while all released files will be placed in the tags/. If any branches are created, they will reside in the branches/ directory.

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