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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Owen Martin, Hopedale, MA (US);
Ramesh Doddaiah, Westborough, MA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for use in a storage system, comprising: instantiating a plurality of virtual storage devices, each virtual storage device corresponding to a different respective group of physical storage devices; assigning one or more of the plurality of virtual storage devices to a landing zone and assigning the rest of the plurality of virtual storage devices to an idle zone; instantiating a data volume, the data volume including a plurality of portions, each portion being hosted on a different respective one of the plurality of virtual storage devices; receiving an I/O request associated with the data volume, the I/O request being one of a read request or a write request; executing the I/O request.