SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR NEAR STORAGE ELASTICITY

A method may include receiving, at a storage device, an input and/or output (I/O) request comprising a device indication performing a determination, at the storage device, that the device indication indicates the storage device, and servicing, by the storage device, the I/O request based on the determination. The device indication may include an address for the I/O request. The method may include installing a second storage device in the storage system. The second storage device may be installed seamlessly. The first and second storage devices may be peer devices. The method may further including receiving, at the first storage device, a second I/O request including a second device indication, performing a second determination, by the first storage device, that the second device indication indicates the second storage device, and forwarding, by the first storage device, the second I/O request to the second storage device based on the second determination.