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Cycling out dispersed storage processing units from access pools to perform expensive operations

  • US 10,140,061 B2
  • Filed: 03/23/2017
  • Issued: 11/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprises:

  • identifying, by a dispersed storage (DS) processing unit of a plurality of DS processing units of a dispersed storage network (DSN), a DSN operation to be performed that will adversely interfere with processing of DSN access requests;

    sending, by the DS processing unit, a suspension request to a process balancing module of the DSN, wherein the suspension request is for temporarily suspending processing of DSN access requests;

    determining, by the process balancing module, whether sufficient processing resources of active DS processing units of the plurality of DS processing units are available for processing DSN access requests on behalf of the DS processing unit; and

    when determined that sufficient processing resources are available;

    granting, by the process balancing module, the suspension request; and

    allocating, by the process balancing module, DSN access requests of the DS processing unit to one or more of the active DS processing units.

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