Patent ID: 8448016
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for execution by a computing core, the method comprises: detecting selection of an application; determining whether at least a portion of the application and configuration information regarding the application are currently stored in main memory of the computing core; when the at least a portion of the application and configuration information regarding the application are not currently stored in main memory, addressing a distributed application memory to retrieve a plurality of error coded program data slices and a plurality of error coded configuration data slices, wherein the addressing includes: reconstructing a data segment of the at least a portion of the application from the plurality of error coded program data slices using an error coding dispersal function; reconstructing a data segment of the configuration information from the plurality of error coded configuration data slices using a second error coding dispersal function, wherein the configuration information includes at least one of application configuration parameters regarding the application and user preferences regarding the application; and storing the data segment of the at least a portion of the application and the data segment of the configuration information in the main memory.