Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for randomly storing data in storage networks and/or an intranet and/or the Internet, a corresponding computer program product, and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium, which are particularly suitable for distributing and retrieving data in error-tolerant and faulty systems such as storage networks or the Internet. According to the inventive method for randomly storing data in storage networks and/or an intranet and/or the Internet, one or multiple intervals, the total length of which corresponds to the relative capacity of the system, is/are assigned to each storage system. Said intervals are represented in a [0,1) interval but can overlap with other intervals as opposed to existing strategies. A real point is then assigned to each data block within the [0,1) interval by means of a (pseudo)random function. Optionally, said point can be part of several intervals of storage systems.