1. A dispersed storage device for use within a dispersed storage network, comprising: an interface; and a processing module operable to: slice a data segment of a data object into data slices; create a slice name for each of the data slices, the slice name including an identifier of the data object and a virtual memory address of a virtual memory associated with the dispersed storage network; and output, via the interface, each of the data slices and the respective slice names to a corresponding storage unit for storage of the data slices therein.