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Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Dubucq, Chicago, IL (US);

Daniel J. Scholl, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1076 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes utilizing, by a first computing device, a first writing pattern to write a set of encoded data slices to a sharing group of sites. The first writing pattern includes writing a write threshold number of encoded data slices to storage units of a first site and writing a remaining number of encoded data slices to another storage unit(s) in another site(s). The method further includes sending, by storage units of the first site, encoded data slices of up to the write threshold number to other storage units in accordance with an inter-site storage unit relationship. The method further includes, when indicating in the inter-site storage unit relationship, sending, by storage unit(s) of the other site(s), encoded data slices of the remaining number of encoded data slices to other storage units in accordance with the inter-site storage unit relationship.


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