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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Andrew D. Baptist, Mt. Pleasant, WI (US);
Joseph M. Kaczmarek, Chicago, IL (US);
Manish Motwani, Chicago, IL (US);
Jason K. Resch, Chicago, IL (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method begins by a processing module of a dispersed storage and task (DST) execution unit receiving a data request for execution by the DST execution unit, the data request including a slice name associated with an encoded data slice of the data request. The method continues with the processing module generating a scoring resultant corresponding to each of a plurality of memories of the DST execution unit, in accordance with a ranking function and the slice name. The method continues with the processing module selecting one of the plurality of memories of the DST execution unit in accordance with a mapping function and executing the data request utilizing the one of the plurality of memories of the DST execution unit.