1. A method for execution by one or more processing modules of one or more storage units of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method comprises: receiving, by a group of storage units, a common access request, wherein a data object is divided into a plurality of data segments, wherein a data segment of the plurality of data segments is encoded, based on a plurality of dispersed storage (DS) error encoding parameters, to produce a set of encoded data slices, wherein the dispersed storage (DS) error encoding parameters include data segmenting information, error coding information and slicing information, and further wherein a decode threshold number of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices is required to reconstruct the data segment; interpreting, by each storage unit of the group of storage units, the access request to determine whether the storage unit is an intended recipient of the access request, wherein storage units of a sub-set of storage units of the group of storage units are intended recipients; determining, by each storage unit of the sub-set of storage units, a type of the access request and a level of the access request; and when the access request is a read request and the level of access request is at a data object level: searching, by each storage unit of the sub-set of storage units, a slice address table based on a given data object identifier of the access request, wherein the slice address table includes a plurality of slice addresses associated with a group of encoded data slices stored within the storage unit, and wherein a slice address includes a data object identifier, a data segment identifier, and an encoded data slice number identifier; retrieving, by each storage unit of the sub-set of storage units from local memory, encoded data slices of the plurality of encoded data slices having a data object identifier substantially matching the given data object identifier to produce a retrieved group of encoded data slices; and sending, by each storage unit of the sub-set of storage units, the retrieved group of encoded data slices to a requesting entity of the DSN.