Distributing data on distributed storage systems

A system for distributing data in a distributed storage system, the system comprising:

• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• selecting a first set of storage devices as storage destinations from a plurality of storage devices of the distributed storage system for storing chunks of stripe replicas of stripes divided from a file, the first set of storage devices being in an active state when the distributed storage system is affected by a power maintenance event or a network maintenance event;
• determining whether the file is accessible from the selected first set of storage devices when the distributed storage system is affected by a power maintenance event or a network maintenance event;
• and
• when the selected first set of storage devices is incapable of maintaining accessibility of the file when the distributed storage system is affected by a power maintenance event or a network maintenance event, selecting a second set of storage devices as alternative storage destinations from the plurality of storage devices of the distributed storage system for storing the chunks of the stripe replicas of the stripes divided from the file.