Patent attributes
A method for execution by a computing device of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method beings by obtaining a plurality of sets of encoded data slices for storage in the DSN. The method continues by determining whether to store two or more encoded data slices of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices in alternative memory. When determined to store the two or more encoded data slices in the alternative memory, the method continues by determining a combining protocol regarding the two or more encoded data slices. The method continues by combining, in accordance with the combining protocol, the two or more encoded data slices into at least one combined slice object (CSO) and sending the at least one CSO to the alternative memory and sending remaining encoded data slices of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices to a set of storage units of the DSN.
