In one embodiment, a method is provided that may include, issuing a read
request to request reading of at least one portion of data stored in a
first storage device and issuing a write request to request writing of
the at least one portion of the data into a second storage device or at
least one location in the first storage device. The at least one location
may be comprised in a volume of a redundant array of inexpensive disks
(RAID), the at least one portion of data being stored in a non-RAID
volume in the first storage device. The method of this embodiment also
may include, if a request to access one or more other portions of the
data is received and/or issued by one or more operating system processes
while the reading and/or the writing is occurring, issuing an access
request to request accessing of the one or more other portions of the
data. Of course, many modifications are possible without departing from
this embodiment.