1. A method of implementing a data pool using one or more data storage drives comprising: first generating a first partition table and a second partition table, said first partition table being a mirror image of said second partition table, said first and/or said second partition tables providing the location and size of one or more partitions in a data storage drive of said one or more data storage drives of a data storage device; and second generating a first pool information block and a second pool information block, said first pool information block being a mirror image of said second pool information block, said first or said second pool information blocks used for identifying and concatenating one or more partitions, said first and/or said second pool information blocks stored within each of said one or more partitions in said one or more data storage drives.