Stand-by storage nodes in storage network

A computing device of a group of computing devices of a storage network, 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:
• determine a failure rate of storage nodes of an active storage node pool;
• establish a number of standby storage nodes based on the determined failure rate;
• identify, upon detecting a failed storage node of the active storage node pool, an associated resource identifiers of the failed storage node;
• select an available standby storage node;
• facilitate populating the selected available standby storage node with one or more encoded data slices associated with the failed storage node based on the associated resource identifiers;
• facilitate processing received data access requests for data associated with the associated resource identifiers by utilizing the selected available standby storage node;
• facilitate, upon detecting activation of a replacement storage node for the failed storage node, population of the replacement storage node with the one or more encoded data slices from the selected available standby storage node, where the one or more encoded data slices are associated with the associated resource identifiers;
• and
• facilitate processing of further receive data access requests for data associated with the associated resource identifiers by utilizing the replacement storage node.

A system 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:
• determine a failure rate of storage nodes of an active storage node pool;
• establish a number of standby storage nodes based on the determined failure rate;
• identify, upon detecting a failed storage node of the active storage node pool, an associated resource identifiers of the failed storage node;
• select an available standby storage node;
• facilitate populating the selected available standby storage node with one or more encoded data slices associated with the failed storage node based on the associated resource identifiers;
• facilitate processing received data access requests for data associated with the associated resource identifiers by utilizing the selected available standby storage node;
• facilitate, upon detecting activation of a replacement storage node for the failed storage node, population of the replacement storage node with the one or more encoded data slices from the selected available standby storage node, where the one or more encoded data slices are associated with the associated resource identifiers;
• and
• facilitate processing of further receive data access requests for data associated with the associated resource identifiers by utilizing the replacement storage node.