Sending encoded data slices via multiple routing paths

A computing device of a storage network, the computing device comprises:

• memory;
• an interface;
• and
• a processing module operably coupled to the memory and the interface, wherein the processing module is operable to:
• select a first routing path from a plurality of routing paths to a set of storage units based on routing path performance information, wherein the first routing path has a performance level greater than a first performance threshold;
• select a second routing path from the plurality of routing paths based on the routing path performance information, wherein the second routing path has a performance level less than or equal to the first performance threshold;
• send, via the interface, a first subset of encoded data slices to the set of storage units via the first routing path for storage therein;
• and
• send, via the interface, a second subset of encoded data slices to the set of storage units via the second routing path for storage therein.