1. A method comprises: sending, by a device affiliated with a dispersed storage network (DSN), an event request that identifies an event, where the event is a user access operation or a system administrative operation; generating, by the device, an event record regarding the event; processing, by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module, the event request to produce a plurality of sub-event requests; generating, by the DS processing module, a record regarding the processing of the event request; sending, by the DS processing module, the plurality of sub-event requests to a plurality of DS units of the DSN; generating, by the plurality of DS units, a plurality of records regarding processing of the plurality of sub-event requests; collecting, by a management device affiliated with the DSN, the event record, the record regarding the processing of the event request, and the plurality of records regarding the processing of the plurality of sub-event requests to produce a collection of records; and evaluating, by the management device, the collection of records to produce performance information regarding the DSN.