Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for boot acceleration in a data storage system by consolidating client-specific boot data in a consolidated boot volume

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a storage system computer, cause the storage system computer to:

• receive, by a storage process module, an I/O operation for one or more blocks of data of one or more virtual storage volumes;
• check, by the storage process module, a table for the one or more virtual storage volumes, to determine if the one or more blocks of data have been copied to the consolidated boot volume, wherein the consolidated boot volume comprises client-specific boot data from the one or more virtual storage volumes, and wherein the table comprises a plurality of entries for mapping the client-specific boot data from the one or more virtual storage volumes to respective locations on the consolidated boot volume;
• and
• determine, by the storage process module, whether to execute the I/O operation against the consolidated boot volume or one of the one or more virtual storage volumes based at least in part on the determination of whether the one or more blocks of data have been copied to the consolidated boot volume.

A data storage system comprising:

• a storage system computer;
• a physical storage device operably connected to the storage system computer;
• a processing unit associated with the storage system computer;
• and
• a storage process module executing on the processing unit and configured to:
• receive an I/O operation for one or more blocks of data of one or more virtual storage volumes;
• check a table for the one or more virtual storage volumes, to determine if the one or more blocks of data have been copied to the consolidated boot volume, wherein the consolidated boot volume comprises client-specific boot data from the one or more virtual storage volumes, and wherein the table comprises a plurality of entries for mapping the client-specific boot data from the one or more virtual storage volumes to respective locations on the consolidated boot volume;
• and
• determine whether to execute the I/O operation against the consolidated boot volume or one of the one or more virtual storage volumes based at least in part on the determination of whether the one or more blocks of data have been copied to the consolidated boot volume.