Delegating iterative storage unit access in a dispersed storage network

A computer readable storage medium comprises:

• at least one memory section that stores operational instructions that, when executed by one or more processing modules of a computing device of a dispersed storage network (DSN), causes the computing device to:
• determine whether a DSN access request involves an iterative storage unit access process;
• and
• when the DSN access request involves the iterative storage unit access process:
• determine, based on configuration of a plurality of storage units storing data objects associated with the DSN access request, that a storage unit of the plurality of storage units is capable of executing at least a portion of the iterative storage unit access process better than the computing device;
• send the DSN access request and a control command to the storage unit, wherein the control command instructs the storage unit to perform at least a portion of the iterative storage unit access process;
• and
• receive, from the storage unit, at least a partial response to the DSN access request.

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:
• determine whether a DSN access request involves an iterative storage unit access process;
• and
• when the DSN access request involves the iterative storage unit access process:
• determine, based on configuration of a plurality of storage units storing data objects associated with the DSN access request, that a storage unit of the plurality of storage units is capable of executing at least a portion of the iterative storage unit access process better than the computing device;
• send, via the interface, the DSN access request and a control command to the storage unit, wherein the control command instructs the storage unit to perform at least a portion of the iterative storage unit access process;
• and
• receive, via the interface from the storage unit, at least a partial response to the DSN access request.