Data distribution utilizing unique write parameters in a dispersed storage system

A method comprises:

• encoding data using an error coding dispersal storage function to produce a plurality of sets of encoded data slices, wherein, per the error coding dispersal storage function, the data is divided into a plurality of data segments, wherein a data segment of the plurality of data segments is error encoded to produce a set of encoded data slices of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices, wherein a threshold number of the set of encoded data slices is required to reconstruct the data segment, and wherein the threshold number is less than a pillar number of encoded data slices in the set of encoded data slices;
• for each of at least some of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices, generating a plurality of unique sub-sets of encoded data slices, wherein each of the unique sub-sets of encoded data slices for one of the at least some of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices includes at least the decode threshold number of encode data slices;
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• generating a plurality of unique copies of the data based on unique combinations of sets of encoded data slices and unique sub-sets of encoded data slices of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices.

A memory device that stores operational instructions that, when executed by a processing module, causes the processing module to:

• encode data using an error coding dispersal storage function to produce a plurality of sets of encoded data slices, wherein, per the error coding dispersal storage function, the data is divided into a plurality of data segments, wherein a data segment of the plurality of data segments is error encoded to produce a set of encoded data slices of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices, wherein a threshold number of the set of encoded data slices is required to reconstruct the data segment, and wherein the threshold number is less than a pillar number of encoded data slices in the set of encoded data slices;
• for each of at least some of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices, generate a plurality of unique sub-sets of encoded data slices, wherein each of the unique sub-sets of encoded data slices for one of the at least some of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices includes at least the decode threshold number of encoded data slices;
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• generate a plurality of unique copies of the data based on unique combinations of sets of encoded data slices and unique sub-sets of encoded data slices of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices.