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DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK FOR MANAGING DATA DELETION

  • US 20140012825A1
  • Filed: 09/12/2013
  • Published: 01/09/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A dispersed storage device for use within a dispersed storage network, comprising:

  • an interface; and

    a processing module operable to;

    receive, via the interface, a data delete request to delete a data object stored throughout a set of dispersed storage units within a dispersed network memory of the dispersed storage network, the data object being segmented into data segments and each of the data segments being sliced into data slices, a number of data slices within each of the data segments corresponding to a number of pillars per data segment, each storage unit of the set of dispersed storage units storing the data slices corresponding to one of the pillars;

    determine a deletion policy for the data object; and

    selectively generate and transmit, via the interface, a delete command to the set of dispersed storage units based on the deletion policy, the delete command causing the set of dispersed storage units to delete the data slices of the data object stored therein.

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