Patent ID: 8892845

Claim:
A method comprises: receiving data of a file for storage in a dispersed storage network (DSN) memory; determining a segmentation scheme for storing the data; determining how to store the data in accordance with the segmentation scheme to produce information for storing the data; generating an entry within a segment allocation table associated with the file, wherein the entry includes the information for storing the data and the segmentation scheme; facilitating storage of the segment allocation table in the DSN memory by: obtaining a segment allocation table vault source name; dispersed storage error encoding the segment allocation table to produce encoded table slices; and outputting the encoded table slices to the DSN memory for storage therein utilizing the segment allocation table vault source name; segmenting the data in accordance with the segmentation scheme to produce a plurality of data segments; and facilitating storage of the plurality of data segments in the DSN memory in accordance with the information for storing the data.