Shredding times

Volume Shredder User Guide for VSP One Block 20 Series

Version
10.4.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-23VSP1B019-04
ft:lastEdition
2025-09-02

To calculate the shredding time for a volume, multiply the shredding time for the drives by the volume capacity in TB, and then multiply that value by the number of overwrite passes:

shredding-time-for-a-volume = shredding-time-for-drives × volume-capacity-in-TB × number-of-overwrite-passes

Example: 60-TB NVMe SSDs (TLC), 40-TB volume, 3 overwrite passes (default):

(5 minutes/TB × 40 TB) × 3 =  200 minutes
Note the following:
  • The standard shredding time for encrypted and unencrypted parity groups is the same.
  • When host I/Os are being performed, the required shredding time is at least 6 times longer than when no host I/Os are performed.
  • The shredding time for NVMe SSDs might be a quarter or less of the expected time, depending on the internal state of the SSD.
  • The number of LDEVs subject to shredding is the maximum number of LDEVs when assuming that the capacity per LDEV is 100 GB in the capacity of 1 TB in a parity group or a pool. The standard shredding time is the time required for shredding all LDEVs subject to shredding.
  • If there is a heavy I/O load on a parity group (including parity groups not being shredded), the shredding operation might fail. If a failure occurs, reduce the I/O load, and then perform the shredding operation again.

The following tables list the shredding times for drives in a single parity group.

Table. NVMe SSD (QLC): 15 TB

RAID level

Standard shredding time (minutes)

VSP One B24

VSP One B26

VSP One B28

RAID 5

3D+1P

100

25

37.5

RAID 6

6D+2P

50

12.5

25

14D+2P

25

12.5

12.5

Table. NVMe SSD (QLC): 30 TB

RAID level

Standard shredding time (minutes)

VSP One B24

VSP One B26

VSP One B28

RAID 5

3D+1P

100

25

37.5

RAID 6

6D+2P

50

12.5

25

14D+2P

25

12.5

12.5

Table. NVMe SSD (QLC): 60 TB

RAID level

Standard shredding time (minutes)

VSP One B26

VSP One B28

RAID 5

3D+1P

25

37.5

RAID 6

6D+2P

12.5

25

14D+2P

12.5

12.5

Table. NVMe SSD (TLC): 1.9 TB

RAID level

Standard shredding time (minutes)

VSP One B24

VSP One B26 / VSP One B28

RAID 5

3D+1P

10

55

RAID 6

6D+2P

5

5

14D+2P

5

5

Table. NVMe SSD (TLC): 3.8 TB

RAID level

Standard shredding time (minutes)

VSP One B24

VSP One B26 / VSP One B28

RAID 5

3D+1P

10

5

RAID 6

6D+2P

5

5

14D+2P

5

5

Table. NVMe SSD (TLC): 7.6 TB

RAID level

Standard shredding time (minutes)

VSP One B24

VSP One B26 / VSP One B28

RAID 5

3D+1P

10

5

RAID 6

6D+2P

5

5

14D+2P

5

5

Table. NVMe SSD (TLC): 15 TB

RAID level

Standard shredding time (minutes)

VSP One B24

VSP One B26 / VSP One B28

RAID 5

3D+1P

15

5

RAID 6

6D+2P

5

5

14D+2P

5

5

Table. NVMe SSD (TLC): 30 TB

RAID level

Standard shredding time (minutes)

VSP One B26 / VSP One B28

RAID 5

3D+1P

5

RAID 6

6D+2P

5

14D+2P

5

Table. NVMe SSD (TLC): 60 TB

RAID level

Standard shredding time (minutes)

VSP One B26 / VSP One B28

RAID 5

3D+1P

5

RAID 6

6D+2P

5

14D+2P

5