1. A method for execution by a dispersed storage (DS) unit, the method comprises: determining an imbalance between inode memory utilization of one of a plurality of inode memories and data storage memory utilization of a corresponding one of a plurality of data storage memories, wherein the corresponding one of a plurality of data storage memories stores data as objects or as blocks, and wherein the one of a plurality of inode memories stores mapping information that associates directory information of the data with storage location information of the data; when the imbalance between the inode memory utilization and the data storage memory utilization compares unfavorably to an imbalance threshold, determining whether utilization of another inode memory of the plurality of inode memories and utilization of another corresponding data storage memory of the plurality of data storage memories are not imbalanced with respect to the imbalance threshold and that the other corresponding data storage memory has available storage space; when the utilization of the other inode memory and the utilization of the other corresponding data storage memory are not imbalanced with respect to the imbalance threshold and the other corresponding data storage memory has available storage space, determining whether the inode memory utilization is out of balance with respect to the data storage memory utilization or whether the data storage memory utilization is out of balance with respect to the inode memory utilization; and when the inode memory utilization is out of balance with respect to the data storage memory utilization: transferring data objects from the corresponding one of a plurality of data storage memories to the other corresponding data storage memory; and transferring mapping information of the data objects from the one of a plurality of inode memories to the other inode memory.