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## Why is Erasure Code useful? ## Why is Erasure Code useful?
Erasure code protects data from multiple drives failure unlike RAID or replication. Minio encodes each object individually with a high parity count. Storage servers once deployed should not require drive replacement or healing for the lifetime of the server. Minio's erasure coded backend is designed for operational efficiency and takes full advantage of hardware acceleration whenever available. Erasure code protects data from multiple drives failure unlike RAID or replication. For eg RAID6 can protect against 2 drive failure whereas in Minio erasure code you can lose as many as half number of drives and still the data reamins safe. Further Minio's erasure code is at object level and can heal one object at a time. For RAID, healing can only be performed at volume level which translates into huge down time. As Minio encodes each object individually with a high parity count. Storage servers once deployed should not require drive replacement or healing for the lifetime of the server. Minio's erasure coded backend is designed for operational efficiency and takes full advantage of hardware acceleration whenever available.
![Erasure](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minio/minio/master/docs/screenshots/erasure-code.jpg?raw=true) ![Erasure](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minio/minio/master/docs/screenshots/erasure-code.jpg?raw=true)
### RAID vs Erasure
Erasue code protects data
## What is Bit Rot protection? ## What is Bit Rot protection?
Bit Rot also known as Data Rot or Silent Data Corruption is a serious data loss issue faced by disk drives today. Data on the drive may silently get corrupted without signalling an error has occurred. This makes Bit Rot more dangerous than permanent hard drive failure. Bit Rot also known as Data Rot or Silent Data Corruption is a serious data loss issue faced by disk drives today. Data on the drive may silently get corrupted without signalling an error has occurred. This makes Bit Rot more dangerous than permanent hard drive failure.