Partial Cloud Data Storage

A system, comprising:

• a memory storing computer-executable components;
• and
• a processor, coupled to the memory, operable to execute or facilitate execution of one or more of the computer-executable components, the computer-executable components comprising:
• a file manager configured to divide a file into a first set of packets and generate a block of metadata;
• a packet manager configured to encode the first set of packets and produce a second set of packets, wherein a quantity of the second set of packets is determined based on a number of data stores into which the second set of packets are to be stored;
• and
• a distribution manager configured to transmit a first portion of the second set of packets to one or more data stores associated with one or more network devices, and a second portion of the second set of packets to a user device, wherein the file is reassembled using the second portion and at least a subset of the first portion.

A computer-readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

• obtaining a first set of packets from one or more network devices;
• obtaining a second set of packets from one or more selected user devices;
• generating a set of decoded packets based on the first set of packets and the second set of packets;
• and
• reconstructing a file based on the generating, wherein the obtaining the first second set of packets comprises obtaining less than a total amount of the first set of packets from the one or more network devices.