Patent ID: 11907585
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for execution by a storage unit of a dispersed storage network (DSN) that includes a processor, the method comprising:
determining zone allocation parameters;
selecting a first one of a plurality of storage zones of a memory device of the storage unit to be open for writes based on the zone allocation parameters;
selecting a second one of the plurality of storage zones of the memory device of the storage unit to be closed for the writes based on the zone allocation parameters;
designating the first one of the plurality of storage zones as open for the writes in response to selecting the first one of the plurality of storage zones to be open for the writes;
designating the second one of the plurality of storage zones as closed for the writes in response to selecting the second one of the plurality of storage zones to be closed for the writes;
receiving, via a network, a first data slice for storage; and
creating a vault within the DSN and establishing dispersed storage error encoding parameters for the vault.