Patent ID: 11870916
Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for use in a distributed storage network including a distributed storage network (DSN) memory, the DSN memory including a plurality of storage units, the method comprising:
determining storage parameters associated with error-encoded data slices generated from data to be stored in the DSN memory, wherein the storage parameters include information indicating a read-threshold number of error-encoded data slices required to recover the data; and
distributedly storing the error-encoded data slices among the plurality of storage units, wherein distributedly storing includes limiting a number of the error-encoded data slices stored in each storage unit to a number that will leave at least the read-threshold number of error-encoded data slices stored in remaining storage units in the event of a failure of any individual storage unit.