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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Thomas F. Shirley, Jr., Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Gary W. Grube, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Bart R. Cilfone, Marina del Ray, CA (US);
Ravi V. Khadiwala, Bartlett, IL (US);
Greg R. Dhuse, Chicago, IL (US);
Thomas D. Cocagne, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Michael Colin Storm, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yogesh R. Vedpathak, Chicago, IL (US);
Wesley B. Leggette, Chicago, IL (US);
Jason K. Resch, Chicago, IL (US);
Andrew D. Baptist, Mt. Pleasant, WI (US);
Ilya Volvovski, Chicago, IL (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for execution by a resource allocation module includes facilitating migration of a first set of encoded data slices stored at a storage unit for decommissioning to a newly commissioned storage unit, and facilitating migration of a remaining set of encoded data slices stored at the storage unit for decommissioning as foster encoded data slices to at least one other storage unit. For each foster encoded data slice, it is determined whether to facilitate migration of the foster encoded data slice to the newly commissioned storage unit. When determining to facilitate the migration of the foster encoded data slice, the migration of the foster encoded data slice to the newly commissioned storage unit is facilitated. An association of the newly commissioned storage unit and identity of the foster encoded data slice is updated in response to detecting successful migration of the foster encoded data slice.