System and methods for migrating information from source storage to destination storage

A system, comprising:

• a computing system having access to a source storage device via a router;
• and
• a destination storage device for storing information that is migrated from the source storage device;
• wherein the router coupled to the source storage device and the destination storage device facilitates migration from the source storage device to the destination storage device;
• wherein when the destination storage device is selected for migration it is presumed without validation to be configured to operate as a thin provisioned storage device for storing information and when non-zero information is read from the source storage device it is written by the router to the destination storage device;
• and
• wherein the destination storage device configuration to operate as a thin provisioned storage device is validated by the router by reading information from the source storage device and if the read information is zero, then the router reads a corresponding segment of the destination storage device and if non-zero information is read from the corresponding segment, the router sets an indicator indicating that the destination storage device is not configured as the thin provisioned storage device.