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Indicating an error within a dispersed storage network

  • US 9,092,386 B2
  • Filed: 06/18/2013
  • Issued: 07/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for execution by one or more processing modules of one or more requesting devices of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method comprises:

  • sending access requests to a threshold number of storage units of the DSN;

    receiving, from each of at least some of the threshold number of storage units, an access response or an error response; and

    when one error response is received from a storage unit of the at least some of the threshold number of storage units in response to one of the access requests;

    ascertaining a likely cause for an error corresponding to the error response; and

    determining, based on the likely cause for the error, whether to;

    resend the one of the access requests to the storage unit;

    issue a modified access request to the storage unit;

    orsend the one of the access requests to another storage unit.

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