Storage system, computing system, and methods thereof

A storage system, comprising:

• a multiplicity of storage devices;
• and
• one or more processors configured to
• receive user data,
• generate auxiliary data associated with the user data;
• generate a classification associated with the user data and the auxiliary data, and
• distribute the user data and the auxiliary data among the multiplicity of storage devices such that the user data and the auxiliary data are stored in different storage regions within each storage device of the multiplicity of storage devices according to their respective classification.

A method for operating a storage system, the method comprising:

• operating a multiplicity of storage devices as a redundant array of independent drives,
• receiving user data and storing the received user data on the multiplicity of storage in a striping configuration,
• calculating parity data corresponding to the received user data, and
• generating a parity classification associated at least with the parity data corresponding to a physical data placement of the parity data and the user data on each of the multiplicity of storage devices according to the parity classification.