Storage Network with Listing Types and Identifiers

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 perform operations that include:
• identifying, by a processing module of the storage network, a subset of encoded data slices stored in a set of storage units associated with an access request from a requesting entity that increases a time requirement relative to one or more other storage network operations;
• determining a listing type corresponding to the subset of encoded data slices;
• associating the listing type with each of the subset of encoded data slices via a listing identifier;
• and
• issuing, by the processing module, slice access information to the requesting entity based on the listing type for at least some of the subset of encoded data slices, wherein the requesting entity receives the slice access information from at least some of the set of storage units.

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 perform operations that include:
• identifying, by a processing module of a storage network, a subset of encoded data slices stored in a set of storage units associated with an access request from a requesting entity that increases a time requirement relative to one or more other storage network operations;
• determining a listing type corresponding to the subset of encoded data slices;
• associating the listing type with each of the subset of encoded data slices via a listing identifier;
• and
• issuing, by the processing module, slice access information to the requesting entity based on the listing type for at least some of the subset of encoded data slices, wherein the requesting entity receives the slice access information from at least some of the set of storage units.