METHODS FOR REDUCING INITIALIZATION DURATION AND PERFORMANCE IMPACT DURING CONFIGURATION OF STORAGE DRIVES

A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and device that assists with reducing initialization duration and performance impact during configuration of storage drives includes identifying a plurality of new storage drives in a storage system. Next, one or more zeroed out storage drives is id...

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Hauptverfasser: Binford, Charles, Jibbe, Mahmoud K
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Zusammenfassung:A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and device that assists with reducing initialization duration and performance impact during configuration of storage drives includes identifying a plurality of new storage drives in a storage system. Next, one or more zeroed out storage drives is identified from the identified plurality of new storage drives based on information present in a data portion of each the identified plurality of new storage drives. A volume group comprising the identified one or more zeroed out drives is created and this created volume group is provided for data operation.