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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2011
Andrew Baptist, Chicago, IL (US);
Manish Motwani, Chicago, IL (US);
Wesley Leggette, Oak Park, IL (US);
Steven Mark Hoffman, Chicago, IL (US);
Dustin M. Hendrickson, Biggsville, IL (US);
Ryan Joseph Kuester, Island Lake, IL (US);
S. Christopher Gladwin, Chicago, IL (US);
Andrew Baptist, Chicago, IL (US);
Manish Motwani, Chicago, IL (US);
Wesley Leggette, Oak Park, IL (US);
Steven Mark Hoffman, Chicago, IL (US);
Dustin M. Hendrickson, Biggsville, IL (US);
Ryan Joseph Kuester, Island Lake, IL (US);
S. Christopher Gladwin, Chicago, IL (US);
Cleversafe, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method begins by a processing module determining whether a memory device of a dispersed storage (DS) unit is unavailable to produce an unavailable memory device. The method continues with the processing module determining a methodology regarding DS encoded data stored in the unavailable memory device based on one or more dispersed storage network (DSN) conditions to produce a determined methodology when the memory device is unavailable. The method continues with the processing module initiating, in accordance with the determined methodology, a rebuilding function to rebuild the DS encoded data to produce rebuilt DS encoded data when the determined methodology includes a rebuilding component. The method continues with the processing module storing the rebuilt DS encoded data within available memory of the DS unit.