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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2012
Steven Mark Hoffman, Chicago, IL (US);
Jason K. Resch, Chicago, IL (US);
Gary W. Grube, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Timothy W. Markison, Mesa, AZ (US);
Steven Mark Hoffman, Chicago, IL (US);
Jason K. Resch, Chicago, IL (US);
Gary W. Grube, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Timothy W. Markison, Mesa, AZ (US);
Cleversafe, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method begins when a dispersed storage (DS) processing unit of a DS unit has at least one of DS unit operational data and DS unit operating system algorithm to store. The method continues with the DS processing unit encoding at least a portion of the at least one of DS unit operational data and DS unit operating system algorithm in accordance with an error coding dispersal storage function to produce a plurality of data slices. The method continues with the DS processing unit storing at least some of the plurality of data slices in memory devices of the DS unit in accordance with the error coding dispersal storage function.