Quick Format function

The Quick Format function formats internal volumes in the background. While Quick Format is running in the background, you can configure your system before the formatting is completed.

Before using Quick Format to format internal volumes, ensure that the internal volumes are in blocked status.

I/O operation from a host during Quick Format are allowed. Formatting in the background might affect performance.

Because shared resources such as MP units or cache paths are used during quick format operations, all host I/Os in a storage system may be affected.

We recommend that no more than eight quick format operations are started at the same time. After eight or fewer quick formats, it is recommended that four quick format operations are started in each increment while I/O performance is monitored on the host.

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