Patent ID: 9740547
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for execution by a computing device of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method comprises: receiving a data object for storage in DSN memory; determining dispersed storage error encoding parameters for encoding the data object into a plurality of sets of encoded data slices; determining to use a dual storage path approach for storing the plurality of sets of encoded data slices in first memory type of the DSN memory and in second memory type of the DSN memory when a cumulative time difference between storing the plurality of sets of encoded data slices in the first memory type and the second memory type is equal to or greater than a storage time difference threshold; dispersed storage error encoding the data object to produce the plurality of sets of encoded data slices; outputting the plurality of sets of encoded data slices to the first memory type of the DSN memory in accordance with a first parameter set of the dispersed storage error encoding parameters; and outputting the plurality of sets of encoded data slices to the second memory type of the DSN memory in accordance with a second parameter set of the dispersed storage error encoding parameters.