Latency-based detection of storage volume type

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;
• the at least one processing device being configured to implement the following steps:
• sending a plurality of read commands using a predefined read command sequence to a recipient storage volume, wherein the predefined read command sequence specifies one or more of a request size and an offset of at least two of the plurality of read commands, and wherein an entity associated with a recipient storage volume of at least one predefined storage volume type is configured to insert a predefined delay, responsive to the entity detecting that the plurality of read commands was sent using the predefined read command sequence, before sending a response to at least one of the plurality of read commands;
• evaluating whether the response to at least one of the plurality of read commands comprises the predefined delay;
• and
• determining whether the recipient storage volume is at least one of the at least one predefined storage volume type based on a result of the evaluating.

A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device to perform the following steps:

• sending a plurality of read commands using a predefined read command sequence to a recipient storage volume, wherein the predefined read command sequence specifies one or more of a request size and an offset of at least two of the plurality of read commands, and wherein an entity associated with a recipient storage volume of at least one predefined storage volume type is configured to insert a predefined delay, responsive to the entity detecting that the plurality of read commands was sent using the predefined read command sequence, before sending a response to at least one of the plurality of read commands;
• evaluating whether the response to at least one of the plurality of read commands comprises the predefined delay;
• and
• determining whether the recipient storage volume is at least one of the at least one predefined storage volume type based on a result of the evaluating.