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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jason K. Resch, Chicago, IL (US);
Ram Narayanan, Chicago, IL (US);
Andrew D. Baptist, Mt. Pleasant, WI (US);
Praveen Viraraghavan, Chicago, IL (US);
Wesley B. Leggette, Chicago, IL (US);
Ethan S. Wozniak, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Manish Motwani, Chicago, IL (US);
Bart R. Cilfone, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Greg R. Dhuse, Chicago, IL (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for execution by a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit includes determining a first optimal slice size requirement is determined for a first independent data element (IDE). The first IDE is split into a first plurality of IDEs based on determining the first IDE compares unfavorably to the first optimal slice size requirement. An error coding function is performed on the first plurality of IDEs to produce a set of encoded slices for each of the first plurality of IDEs for transmission to storage units. A subset of additional IDEs are selected to be merged into a merged IDE based on a second optimal slice size requirement, and continuous content of the subset of additional IDEs is concatenated to produce the merged IDE. The error coding function is performed on the merged IDE to produce a second set of encoded slices for transmission to storage units.