Patent attributes
A method includes obtaining a set of pending transaction information from a set of storage units regarding a plurality of pending transactions. A pending transaction information includes information regarding an encoded data slice and a computing device issuing a data access request. The method further includes identifying an incomplete transaction based on the set of pending transaction information. The method further includes determining whether to complete the incomplete transaction based on information regarding the requesting computing device. The method further includes, when the incomplete transaction is not to be completed, instructing the storage units to discard a corresponding data access request associated with the incomplete transaction. The method further includes, when the incomplete transaction is to be completed, determining what aspects of the corresponding data access request have not been completed and instructing at least one storage unit to complete the aspects of the corresponding data access request.
