Efficient transfer of objects between containers on the same vault

A computing device 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:
• determine to transfer a data object from a first container of a vault to a second container of the vault, wherein a vault is a logical memory structure supported by physical memory of storage units of the DSN, wherein the vault is logically divided into a plurality of containers that includes the first and second containers, wherein the data object is stored in the first container as a plurality of sets of encoded data slices;
• determine first and second storage parameters for the first and second containers, respectively, wherein the first storage parameters include a first pillar number, a first decode threshold number, and a first encoding function and the second storage parameters include a second pillar number, a second decode threshold number, and a second encoding function;
• when the first storage parameters substantially match the second storage parameters:
• retrieve metadata of the data object from a first container structure associated with the first container, wherein the metadata includes one or more of:
• permissions for the data object, DSN addresses of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices, and access control to the data object;
• modify the metadata regarding the transferring of the data object from the first container to the second container to produce modified metadata;
• and
• add the modified metadata to a second container structure associated with the second container such that the data object is accessible via the second container.