Data transfer priority levels

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprises:

• at least one memory section that stores operational instructions that, when executed by one or more processing modules of one or more computing devices of a dispersed storage network (DSN), causes the one or more computing devices to:
• receive updated weighting factors for each of a plurality of storage sets;
• identify encoded data slices of a plurality of encoded data slices stored in one or more of the plurality of storage sets for transfer based on the updated weighting factors and further by, for each of the plurality of encoded data slices, performing a distributed agreement protocol function on a corresponding slice name to produce a score of a plurality of scores, and identifying an encoded data slice for transfer based on a score associated with the identified encoded data slice corresponds to one or more other storage sets of the plurality of storage sets;
• for each identified encoded data slice, assigning a transfer priority level;
• and
• for each identified encoded data slice, facilitating transfer of the identified encoded data slice to the one or more other storage sets of the plurality of storage sets in accordance with a corresponding assigned transfer priority level.

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:
• receive updated weighting factors for each of a plurality of storage sets;
• identify encoded data slices of a plurality of encoded data slices stored in one or more of the plurality of storage sets for transfer based on the updated weighting factors and further by, for each of the plurality of encoded data slices, performing a distributed agreement protocol function on a corresponding slice name to produce a score of a plurality of scores, and identifying an encoded data slice for transfer based on a score associated with the identified encoded data slice corresponds to one or more other storage sets of the plurality of storage sets;
• for each identified encoded data slice, assigning a transfer priority level;
• and
• for each identified encoded data slice, facilitating transfer of the identified encoded data slice to the one or more other storage sets of the plurality of storage sets in accordance with a corresponding assigned transfer priority level.