Patent ID: 8996910
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing an assigned dispersed storage network (DSN) address range for a maintenance free storage container, the method comprises: determining storage device failure information for a plurality of storage devices within the maintenance free storage container, wherein the maintenance free storage container allows for multiple storage devices of the plurality of storage devices to be in a failure mode without replacement and wherein the storage device failure information indicates storage devices of the plurality of storage devices that are in the failure mode; maintaining a dynamic container address space of the maintenance free storage container based on the storage device failure information; managing mapping container addresses of the dynamic container address space to DSN addresses of the assigned DSN address range; monitoring the storage device failure information; when the storage device failure information is at a container level threshold, generating a request to reduce the assigned DSN address range; and when the request to reduce the assigned DSN address range is granted: