Dynamic adjusting of parameters based on resource scoring

1. A method comprises:

obtaining, by a computing device of a dispersed storage network (DSN), an input factor regarding dispersed storage operational criteria, wherein the DSN includes a plurality of computing devices;

generating, by the computing device, a set of hardware scores for hardware resources of the computing device based on at least one of: operational conditions of the computing device and operational conditions of the DSN;

ordering, by the computing device, the set of hardware scores based on the dispersed storage operational criteria to produce an ordered set of hardware scores;

identifying, by the computing device, a set of modules from a plurality of modules based on at least one of the dispersed storage operational criteria and the ordered set of hardware scores;

determining, by the computing device, for each module in the set of modules, a desired adjustment based on at least one of the dispersed storage operational criteria and the ordered set of hardware scores to produce a set of desired adjustments, wherein a desired adjustment of the set of desired adjustments includes one of: changing functionality of a module, disabling a module, enabling a module, and changing execution prioritization of a module;

adjusting, by the computing device, the set of modules based on the set of desired adjustments to produce a set of adjusted modules; and

utilizing, by the computing device, an adjusted module of the set of modules to at least partially satisfy the dispersed storage operational criteria.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dispersed storage operational criteria comprises:

functions to be executed by one or more of the DSN and the computing device, wherein the functions include one or more of: a read function, a write function, a rebuild function, a list slice function, a memory management function, a management function, add a storage unit, delete a storage unit, add a user device, delete a user device, a slice fostering function, dispersed storage error encoding, dispersed storage error decoding, a task processing function, and a partial task processing function.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operational conditions of the computing device and operational conditions of the DSN include one or more of:

central processing unit (CPU) speed;

number of cores;

amount of main memory;

amount of memory devices;

latency of memory devices;

throughput of memory devices;

latency of network interfaces;

throughput of network interfaces; and

capacity of memory devices.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprises:

obtaining, by the computing device, one or more hardware scores from one or more other computing devices of the DSN; and

including, by the computing device, the one or more hardware scores as a factor in generating the set of hardware scores.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of modules includes one or more of:

a distributed task execution module;

a rebuild identifier (ID) module;

a rebuild execute module;

a memory management module;

a drivers module;

a directory function module;

a foster slices module;

a slice read module;

a slice write module; and

a list slice names module.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprises:

at a subsequent time interval:

obtaining, by the computing device, a second input factor regarding second dispersed storage operational criteria;

generating, by the computing device, a second set of hardware scores for the hardware resources of the computing device based on at least one of: the operational conditions of the computing device and the operational conditions of the DSN;

ordering, by the computing device, the second set of hardware scores based on the second dispersed storage operational criteria to produce a second ordered set of hardware scores;

identifying, by the computing device, a second set of modules from the plurality of modules based on at least one of the second dispersed storage operational criteria and the second ordered set of hardware scores;

determining, by the computing device, for each module in the second set of modules, a desired adjustment based on at least one of the second dispersed storage operational criteria and the second ordered set of hardware scores to produce a second set of desired adjustments, wherein a desired adjustment of the second set of desired adjustments includes one of: changing functionality of a module, disabling a module, enabling a module, and changing execution prioritization of a module;

adjusting, by the computing device, the second set of modules based on the second set of desired adjustments to produce a second set of adjusted modules; and

utilizing, by the computing device, an adjusted module of the second set of modules to at least partially satisfy the second dispersed storage operational criteria.

7. A computing device of a plurality of computing devices of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the computing device comprises:

an interface;

memory; and

a processing module operably coupled to the memory and the interface, wherein the processing module is operable to:

obtain an input factor regarding dispersed storage operational criteria;

generate a set of hardware scores for hardware resources of the computing device based on at least one of: operational conditions of the computing device and operational conditions of the DSN;

order the set of hardware scores based on the dispersed storage operational criteria to produce an ordered set of hardware scores;

identify a set of modules from a plurality of modules based on at least one of the dispersed storage operational criteria and the ordered set of hardware scores;

determine for each module in the set of modules, a desired adjustment based on at least one of the dispersed storage operational criteria and the ordered set of hardware scores to produce a set of desired adjustments, wherein a desired adjustment of the set of desired adjustments includes one of: changing functionality of a module, disabling a module, enabling a module, and changing execution prioritization of a module;

adjust the set of modules based on the set of desired adjustments to produce a set of adjusted modules; and

utilize an adjusted module of the set of modules to at least partially satisfy the dispersed storage operational criteria.

8. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein the dispersed storage operational criteria comprises:

functions to be executed by one or more of the DSN and the computing device, wherein the functions include one or more of: a read function, a write function, a rebuild function, a list slice function, a memory management function, a management function, add a storage unit, delete a storage unit, add a user device, delete a user device, a slice fostering function, dispersed storage error encoding, dispersed storage error decoding, a task processing function, and a partial task processing function.

9. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein the operational conditions of the computing device and operational conditions of the DSN include one or more of:

central processing unit (CPU) speed;

number of cores;

amount of main memory;

amount of memory devices;

latency of memory devices;

throughput of memory devices;

latency of network interfaces;

throughput of network interfaces; and

capacity of memory devices.

10. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein the processing module is further operable to:

obtain one or more hardware scores from one or more other computing devices of the DSN; and

include the one or more hardware scores as a factor in generating the set of hardware scores.

11. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of modules includes one or more of:

a distributed task execution module;

a rebuild identifier (ID) module;

a rebuild execute module;

a memory management module;

a drivers module;

a directory function module;

a foster slices module;

a slice read module;

a slice write module; and

a list slice names module.

12. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein the processing module is further operable to:

at a subsequent time interval:

obtain a second input factor regarding second dispersed storage operational criteria;

generate a second set of hardware scores for the hardware resources of the computing device based on at least one of: the operational conditions of the computing device and the operational conditions of the DSN;

order the second set of hardware scores based on the second dispersed storage operational criteria to produce a second ordered set of hardware scores;

identify a second set of modules from the plurality of modules based on at least one of the second dispersed storage operational criteria and the second ordered set of hardware scores;

determine for each module in the second set of modules, a desired adjustment based on at least one of the second dispersed storage operational criteria and the second ordered set of hardware scores to produce a second set of desired adjustments, wherein a desired adjustment of the second set of desired adjustments includes one of: changing functionality of a module, disabling a module, enabling a module, and changing execution prioritization of a module;

adjust the second set of modules based on the second set of desired adjustments to produce a second set of adjusted modules; and

utilize an adjusted module of the second set of modules to at least partially satisfy the second dispersed storage operational criteria.