Transferring Task Execution in a Distributed Storage and Task Network

A dispersed storage (DS) module of a computing device to manage distributed computing of a task, the DS module comprises:

• a first module, when operable within the computing device, causes the computing device to:
• ascertain processing speeds of distributed storage and task (DST) execution units of a set of DST execution units performing like tasks on like data;
• a second module, when operable within the computing device, causes the computing device to:
• allocate performance of the task on a sub-set of data-based data slices to a sub-set of the set of DST execution units, wherein a first DST execution unit of the sub-set of DST execution units is allocated to perform a first partial task of the task on a first data-based data slice of the sub-set of data-based data slices on an encoded block by encoded block basis;
• and
• a third module, when operable within the computing device, causes the computing device to:
• when, based on the ascertained processing speeds, a second DST execution unit of the set of DST execution units has a processing speed that is a threshold speed greater than a processing speed of the first DST execution unit:
• identify at least one encoded block of the first data-based data slice for transferring processing responsibilities from the first DST execution unit to the second DST execution unit;
• and
• facilitate:
• obtaining the at least one encoded block by the second DST execution unit;
• and
• performing, by the second DST execution unit, a second partial task of the task on the at least one encoded block.