Abstract: Methods for use in a dispersed storage network (DSN) to determine appropriate resources for storing data. In various examples, a network control unit obtains status information relating to the DSN. The status information, which may be updated periodically, may include information relating to storage unit utilization, network loading and performance levels, data size indicators, access profiles specifying differentiated service levels, etc. Based on the status information, the network control unit maps each of a plurality of data classes to a plurality of sets of storage units, and generates network control information based on the mapping. The network control information, which may include routing instructions and storage set utilization information, is issued to a network routing unit for use in facilitating storage (e.g., via IP address translation) of differing classes of data in the sets of storage units in accordance with the mapping.

Abstract: Methods for use in a dispersed storage network (DSN) to determine appropriate resources for storing data. In various examples, a network control unit obtains status information relating to the DSN. The status information, which may be updated periodically, may include information relating to storage unit utilization, network loading and performance levels, data size indicators, access profiles specifying differentiated service levels, etc. Based on the status information, the network control unit maps each of a plurality of data classes to a plurality of sets of storage units, and generates network control information based on the mapping. The network control information, which may include routing instructions and storage set utilization information, is issued to a network routing unit for use in facilitating storage (e.g., via IP address translation) of differing classes of data in the sets of storage units in accordance with the mapping.

Abstract: Methods for use in a dispersed storage network (DSN) to determine appropriate resources for storing data such as large, multi-part data. In various examples, a network control unit obtains status information relating to the DSN. The status information, which may be updated periodically, may include information relating to storage unit utilization and performance levels, network loading and performance levels, data size indicators, etc. Based on the status information, the network control unit maps each of a plurality of sets of encoded data slices of data object to a set of storage units, and generates network control information based on the mapping. The network control information, which may include routing instructions and storage set utilization information, is issued to a network routing unit for use in facilitating storage (e.g., via IP address translation) of differing parts of the data object in the sets of storage units in accordance with the mapping.