A method includes determining whether to request retrieval of the data segment from at least one of redundant array of independent discs (RAID) memory and dispersed storage network (DSN) memory. The method further includes, when the computing device determines to request retrieval from the RAID memory, sending a read request to the RAID memory. When the retrieval of the data segment from the RAID memory was unsuccessful, the method further includes generating a set of read requests regarding a set of encoded data slices corresponding to the data segment. The method further includes sending the set of read requests to a set of storage units of the DSN memory. The method further includes receiving at least a decode threshold number of encoded data slices from at least some storage units. The method further includes decoding the at least the decode threshold number of encoded data slices to recover the data segment.