Storing a stream of data in a dispersed storage network
A method includes receiving streaming data. The method further includes dividing the streaming data into data segments. The method further includes performing a unity matrix function on a data segment to produce a set of encoded data slices. The method further includes storing the set of encoded data slices in a set of storage units of the DSN. After storage of the set of encoded data slices, the method further includes performing a redundancy portion of an encoding matrix on the set of encoded data slices to produce a set of redundancy encoded data slices and storing the set of redundancy encoded data slices in a set of set of storage units of the DSN.
1. A method execution by one or more computing devices of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method comprises:
receiving streaming data;
dividing the streaming data into a plurality of data segments;
performing a unity matrix function on a data segment of the plurality of data segments to produce a set of threshold number of encoded data slices;
sending the set of threshold number of encoded data slices to a set of storage units of the DSN for storage therein;
after storage of the set of threshold number of encoded data slices:
performing a redundancy portion of an encoding matrix on the set of threshold number of encoded data slices to produce a set of redundancy encoded data slices; and
sending the set of redundancy encoded data slices to a second set of storage units of the DSN for storage therein.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the storing the set of threshold number of encoded data slices further comprises:
instructing each storage unit of the set of storage units to be in a write only mode.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprises:
instructing each storage unit of the set of storage units to be in a read mode after the storage of the set of threshold number of encoded data slices.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprises:
a first computing device of the one or more computing devices performing the steps of receiving, dividing, performing the unity matrix function, and the sending the set of threshold number of encoded data slices.
5. The method of claim 4 further comprises:
a second computing device of the one or more computing devices performing the steps of performing the redundancy portion of the encoding matrix and sending the set of redundancy encoded data slices.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing the redundancy portion of the encoding matrix comprises:
reconstructing a data segment from the set of threshold number of encoded data slices;
generating a data matrix from the data segment;
multiplying the data matrix with the redundancy portion of the encoding matrix to produce the set of redundancy encoded data slices.
7. A computer readable memory device comprises:
a first memory section that stores operational instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices of a dispersed storage network (DSN), causes the one or more computing devices to:
receive streaming data;
divide the streaming data into a plurality of data segments;
perform a unity matrix function on a data segment of the plurality of data segments to produce a set of threshold number of encoded data slices;
sending the set of threshold number of encoded data slices to a set of storage units of the DSN for storage therein;
and
a second memory section that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, causes the one or more computing devices to:
after storage of the set of threshold number of encoded data slices:
perform a redundancy portion of an encoding matrix on the set of threshold number of encoded data slices to produce a set of redundancy encoded data slices; and
send the set of redundancy encoded data slices to a second set of storage units of the DSN for storage therein.
8. The computer readable memory device of claim 7 , wherein the first memory section further stores operational instructions that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, causes the one or more computing devices to store the set of threshold number of encoded data slices further by:
instructing each storage unit of the set of storage units to be in a write only mode.
9. The computer readable memory device of claim 8 , wherein the first memory section further stores operational instructions that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, causes the one or more computing devices to:
instruct each storage unit of the set of storage units to be in a read mode after the storage of the set of threshold number of encoded data slices.
10. The computer readable memory device of claim 7 further comprises:
a first computing device of the one or more computing devices executing the operational instructions of the first memory section.
11. The computer readable memory device of claim 10 further comprises:
a second computing device of the one or more computing devices executing the operational instructions of the second memory section.
12. The computer readable memory device of claim 7 , wherein the second memory section that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, causes the one or more computing devices to perform the redundancy portion of the encoding matrix by:
reconstructing a data segment from the set of threshold number of encoded data slices;
generating a data matrix from the data segment;
multiplying the data matrix with the redundancy portion of the encoding matrix to produce the set of redundancy encoded data slices.