Patent ID: 8769379

Claim:
A method for detecting a storage error that is executed by one or more processing modules of one or more computing devices, the method comprises: obtaining common storage name information regarding data that is stored in storage units of a distributed storage network (DSN) as a set of data slices, wherein each data slice of the set of data slices has a unique storage name, wherein each of the unique storage names for the set of data slices has common naming information regarding the data and individual naming information regarding a respective data slice of the set of data slices, and wherein the common storage name information is based on the common naming information for the set of data slices; interpreting the common storage name information to determine whether a difference exists between the common naming information of a data slice of the set of data slices and the common naming information of other data slices of the set of data slices; and when the difference exists between the common naming information of the data slice and the common naming information of the other data slices: indicating a potential storage error of the data slice; and implementing a storage error process regarding the potential storage error of the data slice.