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 to produce a set of encoded data slices, and 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 regarding a plurality 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, each encoded data slice of the plurality of encoded data slices having the data object identifier of its slice address substantially matching the given data object identifier to produce a retrieved set of encoded data slices; and sending, by each storage unit of the sub-set of storage units, the retrieved set of encoded data slices to a requesting entity of the DSN.