Method and system for managing storage device
First Claim
1. A method for managing a storage area, comprising:
- obtaining a storage area in a storage system according to a predefined dividing rule;
determining status regarding whether the storage area has been used includes, in response to receipt of an initialization operation to initialize the storage system, setting the status identifier to “
unused”
status without physically clearing data stored in the storage area prior to the initialization operation from the storage area;
setting a status identifier for the storage area based on the use status; and
managing the storage area based on the status identifier, wherein managing the storage area based on the status identifier comprises;
in response to receipt of a rebuilding operation to rebuild the storage system, determining status of the status identifier, andin response to the status identifier being “
unused”
, skipping recovery processing on the storage area.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for managing a storage area. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing a storage areas, comprising: obtaining a storage area in a storage system according to a predefined dividing rule; determining status regarding whether the storage area has been used; setting a status identifier for the storage area based on the use status; and managing the storage area based on the status identifier. In another embodiment, there is proposed a system for managing a storage area, comprising: one or more processors; a memory coupled to at least one processor of the one or more processors; computer program instructions stored in the memory'"'"' which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to execute a method for managing a storage area.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for managing a storage area, comprising:
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obtaining a storage area in a storage system according to a predefined dividing rule; determining status regarding whether the storage area has been used includes, in response to receipt of an initialization operation to initialize the storage system, setting the status identifier to “
unused”
status without physically clearing data stored in the storage area prior to the initialization operation from the storage area;setting a status identifier for the storage area based on the use status; and managing the storage area based on the status identifier, wherein managing the storage area based on the status identifier comprises; in response to receipt of a rebuilding operation to rebuild the storage system, determining status of the status identifier, and in response to the status identifier being “
unused”
, skipping recovery processing on the storage area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for managing a storage area, comprising:
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one or more processors; a non-transitory memory coupled to at least one processor of the one or more processors; computer program instructions stored in the memory which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to; obtain a storage area in a storage system according to a predefined dividing rule; determining status regarding whether the storage area has been used includes, in response to receipt of an initialization operation to initialize the storage system, setting the status identifier to “
unused”
status without physically clearing data stored in the storage area prior to the initialization operation from the storage area;set a status identifier for the storage area based on the use status; and manage the storage area based on the status identifier, wherein managing the storage area based on the status identifier comprises; in response to receipt of a rebuilding operation to rebuild the storage system, determining status of the status identifier, and in response to the status identifier being “
unused,”
skipping recovery processing on the storage area. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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