Proxying slice access requests during a data evacuation

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

• an interface;
• a memory;
• and a processing module operably coupled to the interface and the memory, wherein the processing module functions to perform operations including:
• selecting a second storage unit based a decentralized agreement decision, wherein the decentralized agreement decision is determined based on:
• a ranked scoring information request with regards to a set of candidate storage unit resources that include the second storage unit;
• and
• for each of the candidate storage unit resources, performance of a deterministic function on a location identifier (ID) of the candidate storage unit resource and an asset ID of the ranked scoring information request;
• and initiating an evacuation of encoded data slices from a first storage unit to the second storage unit.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprises:

• at least one memory section that stores operational instructions that, when executed by a processing system of a storage network (SN) that includes a processor and a memory, causes the processing system to perform operations including:
• selecting a second storage unit based a decentralized agreement decision, wherein the decentralized agreement decision is determined based on:
• a ranked scoring information request with regards to a set of candidate storage unit resources that include the second storage unit;
• and
• for each of the candidate storage unit resources, performance of a deterministic function on a location identifier (ID) of the candidate storage unit resource and an asset ID of the ranked scoring information request;
• and
• initiating an evacuation of encoded data slices from a first storage unit to the second storage unit.