STORING RAID DATA AS ENCODED DATA SLICES IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK

摘要

A method begins by a processing module receiving data for storage and interpreting the data to identify the data as redundant array of independent disks (RAID) data. The method continues with the processing module interpreting the RAID data to identify at least one of RAID block data and RAID parity data. When the RAID data includes RAID block data and RAID parity data the method continues with the processing module encoding the RAID block data in accordance with error coding dispersal storage function parameters to produce at least one set of encoded data slices and outputting the at least one set of encoded data slices to a dispersed storage network memory.

主权项

1. A method for execution by a processing module in a distributed storage (DS) unit, the method comprising:
identifying data that is stored within local redundant array of independent disks (RAID) memory as a set of RAID data blocks and corresponding RAID parity blocks, wherein the local RAID memory is located within local proximity to the DS unit; partitioning the data into plurality of data segments; dispersed error encoding a data segment of the plurality of data segments to generate a plurality of error coded (EC) data slices; and storing the plurality of EC data slices among local dispersed storage network (DSN) memory that is located within the local proximity to the DS unit and remote DSN memory that is located outside of the local proximity to the DS unit.