DETERMINING A STORAGE LOCATION ACCORDING TO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

摘要

Systems and method for determining a storage location according to legal requirements. According to one example a dispersed storage (DS) processing unit receives data to store in a dispersed storage network (DSN) and assesses attributes of data to produce a determination of whether the data falls into one or more defined legal categories. The DS processing unit also determines one or more attributes of a storage location in the DSN. The DS processing unit then determines whether or not to select the storage location based on the determination and based on one or more attributes of the storage location. If storing data of the identified category would be illegal the DS processing unit evaluates the another storage location, and so on. If no available storage location is found the DS processing unit returns an error indicating that no legal storage location is found.

主权项

1. A method of storing data in a dispersed storage network, the dispersed storage network including a plurality of storage locations, the method comprising:
assessing attributes of data to store in the dispersed storage network to produce a determination of whether the data falls into one or more defined legal categories; determining one or more attributes of a first storage location of the plurality of storage locations; and determining whether or not to select the first storage location of the plurality of storage locations for storing the data based on the determination and based on the one or more attributes of the first storage location of the plurality of storage locations.