DELETING DATA IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK

摘要

A method for use in a dispersed storage network operates to: receive a delete data object request that indicates a data object to be deleted; generate a plurality of sets of slice names corresponding to the data object; partition the plurality of sets of slice names into two or more partitions based on a partitioning scheme; generate two or more sets of delete requests that include the corresponding the two or more partitions, the two or more sets of delete requests including the plurality of sets of slice names and a common transaction number; output the two or more sets of delete requests to corresponding DST execution units in accordance with a pacing scheme; and indicate that deletion of the data object is in progress.

主权项

1. A method for execution by a processing system of a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit that includes a processor, the method comprises:
receiving, at the processing system, a delete data object request that indicates a data object to be deleted; generating, via the processing system, a plurality of sets of slice names corresponding to the data object; partitioning, via the processing system, the plurality of sets of slice names into two or more partitions based on a partitioning scheme; generating, via the processing system, two or more sets of delete requests that include the corresponding two or more partitions, the two or more sets of delete requests including the plurality of sets of slice names and a common transaction number; outputting, via the processing system, the two or more sets of delete requests to corresponding DST execution units in accordance with a pacing scheme; and indicating, via the processing system, that deletion of the data object is in progress.