An embodiment of the invention includes a method, computer program product and system for object data storage. The embodiment includes receiving a data object for storage within a set of dispersed storage units. The data object includes object data and associated object metadata. The embodiment includes replicating the object metadata of the received data object to create more than one copy of the associated object metadata. The embodiment includes encoding the received data object to produce a plurality of data slices. The encoding includes dispersed storage error encoding. The embodiment includes appending a copy of the associated object metadata to each data slice within the plurality of data slices. The embodiment includes transmitting the plurality of data slices to the set of dispersed storage units.