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Method and system for managing storage device

  • US 10,572,163 B2
  • Filed: 06/15/2017
  • Issued: 02/25/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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