Site-centric alerting in a distributed storage system

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

• an interface;
• a local memory;
• and
• a processing module operably coupled to the interface and the local memory, wherein the processing module functions to:
• create a plurality of DSN storage sites via a DSN management unit:
• configure the plurality of DSN storage sites, via the DSN management unit, to each include a subset of a plurality of DSN storage units;
• retrieve a current site configuration for the subset of a plurality of DSN storage units;
• elect a local master management unit for each of the DSN storage sites, wherein the local master management unit maintains aggregated views of each the DSN storage sites;
• collect, via the local master management units, local state information from each of the subset of a plurality of DSN storage units per a respective DSN storage site;
• calculate, via the local master management unit, tabulated state information for the respective DSN storage site, wherein the tabulated state information is used to update subsequently elected local master management units;
• generate, based on the tabulated state information, an alert for one or more targets within the DSN storage site;
• and
• distribute the alert to the one or more targets within the DSN storage site.

A distributed storage network (DSN) including a plurality of DSN storage sites comprises:

• a DSN managing unit to manage the plurality of DSN storage sites;
• a local master managing unit for each of the plurality of DSN storage sites, wherein the local master managing unit is elected from a plurality of local managing units associated with a plurality of DSN storage units representing a subset of storage units of the DSN, wherein the local master managing unit includes:
• an interface;
• a local memory;
• and
• a processing module operably coupled to the interface and the local memory, wherein the processing module functions to:
• collect local state information from each storage unit of the subset of storage units of the DSN;
• calculate, using the collected local state information, tabulated state information of each of the DSN storage sites, wherein the tabulated state information is used to update subsequently elected local master management units;
• generate, based on the tabulated state information, an alert for one or more targets within the DSN storage site;
• and
• distribute the alert to the one or more targets within the DSN storage site.