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Re:Pirate Library Mirror: Preserving 7TB of books (that are ... by sgtnoodle on Monday July 04, 2022 @12:03AM (#31973373)
It's proprietary, but it sounds like you're describing the "Google File System". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_File_System

For your idea, once all the local storage everywhere is filled up with evenly distributed redundant copies, and then a new file is added, would peers arbitrarly choose other files to delete in order to make room for the new file?

Re:Pirate Library Mirror: Preserving 7TB of books (that are ... by stavros on Monday July 04, 2022 @07:57AM (#31976066)
Yes, it's very similar, though would work slightly differently (BitTorrent under the hood, whole files instead of chunks, etc).