Assigning a dispersed storage network address range in a maintenance free storage container

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PATENT NO 8996910
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13450198

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A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module determining storage device failure information for a plurality of storage devices within a 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. The method continues with the DS processing module maintaining a dynamic container address space of the maintenance free storage container based on the storage device failure information. The method continues with the DS processing module managing mapping of container addresses of the dynamic container address space to dispersed storage network (DSN) addresses of an assigned DSN address range.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gladwin, S Christopher Chicago, US 307 12903
Grube, Gary W Barrington Hills, US 811 22475
Markison, Timothy W Mesa, US 562 7150
Resch, Jason K Chicago, US 1156 11884

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