Localized dispersed storage memory system

A computer readable storage device comprises:

• a first memory section that stores operational instructions that, when read by a computing device, causes the computing device to:
• determine a first error profile for a first hard drive of a set of hard drives, wherein the first error profile includes at least one of detected storage errors and predicted storage errors for the first hard drive;
• determine a second error profile for a second hard drive of the set of hard drives;
• a second memory section that stores operational instructions that, when read by the computing device, causes the computing device to:
• determine a dispersal configuration based on the first and the second error profiles;
• encode a data segment of the data in accordance with error coding dispersal storage function parameters to produce a set of encoded data slices;
• a third memory section that stores operational instructions that, when read by the computing device, causes the computing device to:
• define addressable storage sectors within the first and the second hard drives based on the dispersal configuration and on the first and second error profiles to produce a set of addressable storage sectors;
• and
• store encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices at addressable locations in corresponding addressable storage sectors of the set of addressable storage sectors.