diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 1b6b60c6..ff16da42 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 class HomeObjectConan(ConanFile):
     name = "homeobject"
-    version = "1.0.10"
+    version = "1.0.11"
     homepage = "https://github.com/eBay/HomeObject"
     description = "Blob Store built on HomeReplication"
     topics = ("ebay")
diff --git a/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_homeobject.cpp b/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_homeobject.cpp
index f38606e5..37a51b5c 100644
--- a/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_homeobject.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_homeobject.cpp
@@ -150,10 +150,24 @@ void HSHomeObject::init_homestore() {
         auto const new_id = app->discover_svcid(_our_id);
         RELEASE_ASSERT(new_id == _our_id, "Received new SvcId [{}] AFTER recovery of [{}]?!", to_string(new_id),
                        to_string(_our_id));
-        recover_pg();
-        recover_shard();
     }
-    initialize_chunk_selector();
+
+    // recover PG
+    HomeStore::instance()->meta_service().register_handler(
+        _pg_meta_name,
+        [this](homestore::meta_blk* mblk, sisl::byte_view buf, size_t size) {
+            on_pg_meta_blk_found(std::move(buf), voidptr_cast(mblk));
+        },
+        nullptr, true);
+    HomeStore::instance()->meta_service().read_sub_sb(_pg_meta_name);
+
+    // recover shard
+    HomeStore::instance()->meta_service().register_handler(
+        _shard_meta_name,
+        [this](homestore::meta_blk* mblk, sisl::byte_view buf, size_t size) { on_shard_meta_blk_found(mblk, buf); },
+        [this](bool success) { on_shard_meta_blk_recover_completed(success); }, true);
+    HomeStore::instance()->meta_service().read_sub_sb(_shard_meta_name);
+
     recovery_done_ = true;
     LOGI("Initialize and start HomeStore is successfully");
 
@@ -205,21 +219,6 @@ void HSHomeObject::register_homestore_metablk_callback() {
             LOGI("Found existing SvcId: [{}]", to_string(_our_id));
         },
         nullptr, true);
-
-    HomeStore::instance()->meta_service().register_handler(
-        _shard_meta_name,
-        [this](homestore::meta_blk* mblk, sisl::byte_view buf, size_t size) {
-            m_shard_sb_bufs.emplace_back(std::pair(std::move(buf), voidptr_cast(mblk)));
-        },
-        nullptr, true);
-
-    HomeStore::instance()->meta_service().register_handler(
-        _pg_meta_name,
-        [this](homestore::meta_blk* mblk, sisl::byte_view buf, size_t size) {
-            m_pg_sb_bufs.emplace_back(std::pair(std::move(buf), voidptr_cast(mblk)));
-        },
-        // TODO: move "repl_dev" to homestore::repl_dev and "index" to homestore::index
-        nullptr, true);
 }
 
 HSHomeObject::~HSHomeObject() {
@@ -235,20 +234,6 @@ HSHomeObject::~HSHomeObject() {
     iomanager.stop();
 }
 
-void HSHomeObject::initialize_chunk_selector() {
-    std::unordered_set< homestore::chunk_num_t > excluding_chunks;
-    std::scoped_lock lock_guard(_pg_lock);
-    for (auto& pair : _pg_map) {
-        for (auto& shard : pair.second->shards_) {
-            if (shard->info.state == ShardInfo::State::OPEN) {
-                excluding_chunks.emplace(d_cast< HS_Shard* >(shard.get())->sb_->chunk_id);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    chunk_selector_->build_per_dev_chunk_heap(excluding_chunks);
-}
-
 HomeObjectStats HSHomeObject::_get_stats() const {
     HomeObjectStats stats;
     auto const& repl_svc = homestore::hs()->repl_service();
diff --git a/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_homeobject.hpp b/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_homeobject.hpp
index ebef83f0..d952da79 100644
--- a/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_homeobject.hpp
+++ b/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_homeobject.hpp
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ class HSHomeObject : public HomeObjectImpl {
         std::shared_ptr< BlobIndexTable > index_table;
     };
     std::unordered_map< std::string, PgIndexTable > index_table_pg_map_;
-    std::vector< std::pair< sisl::byte_view, void* > > m_pg_sb_bufs;
-    std::vector< std::pair< sisl::byte_view, void* > > m_shard_sb_bufs;
 
 public:
 #pragma pack(1)
@@ -248,9 +246,9 @@ class HSHomeObject : public HomeObjectImpl {
 
     // recover part
     void register_homestore_metablk_callback();
-    void initialize_chunk_selector();
-    void recover_pg();
-    void recover_shard();
+    void on_pg_meta_blk_found(sisl::byte_view const& buf, void* meta_cookie);
+    void on_shard_meta_blk_found(homestore::meta_blk* mblk, sisl::byte_view buf);
+    void on_shard_meta_blk_recover_completed(bool success);
 
     void persist_pg_sb();
 
diff --git a/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_pg_manager.cpp b/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_pg_manager.cpp
index e5d714a1..89c8180e 100644
--- a/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_pg_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_pg_manager.cpp
@@ -192,31 +192,28 @@ PGInfo HSHomeObject::deserialize_pg_info(const unsigned char* json_str, size_t s
     return pg_info;
 }
 
-void HSHomeObject::recover_pg() {
-    for (auto const& [buf, mblk] : m_pg_sb_bufs) {
-        homestore::superblk< pg_info_superblk > pg_sb(_pg_meta_name);
-        pg_sb.load(buf, mblk);
-
-        auto v = hs_repl_service().get_repl_dev(pg_sb->replica_set_uuid);
-        if (v.hasError()) {
-            // TODO: We need to raise an alert here, since without pg repl_dev all operations on that pg will fail
-            LOGE("open_repl_dev for group_id={} has failed", boost::uuids::to_string(pg_sb->replica_set_uuid));
-            return;
-        }
-        auto pg_id = pg_sb->id;
-        auto uuid_str = boost::uuids::to_string(pg_sb->index_table_uuid);
-        auto hs_pg = std::make_unique< HS_PG >(std::move(pg_sb), std::move(v.value()));
-        // During PG recovery check if index is already recoverd else
-        // add entry in map, so that index recovery can update the PG.
-        std::scoped_lock lg(index_lock_);
-        auto it = index_table_pg_map_.find(uuid_str);
-        RELEASE_ASSERT(it != index_table_pg_map_.end(), "IndexTable should be recovered before PG");
-        hs_pg->index_table_ = it->second.index_table;
-        it->second.pg_id = pg_id;
-
-        add_pg_to_map(std::move(hs_pg));
+void HSHomeObject::on_pg_meta_blk_found(sisl::byte_view const& buf, void* meta_cookie) {
+    homestore::superblk< pg_info_superblk > pg_sb(_pg_meta_name);
+    pg_sb.load(buf, meta_cookie);
+
+    auto v = hs_repl_service().get_repl_dev(pg_sb->replica_set_uuid);
+    if (v.hasError()) {
+        // TODO: We need to raise an alert here, since without pg repl_dev all operations on that pg will fail
+        LOGE("open_repl_dev for group_id={} has failed", boost::uuids::to_string(pg_sb->replica_set_uuid));
+        return;
     }
-    m_pg_sb_bufs.clear();
+    auto pg_id = pg_sb->id;
+    auto uuid_str = boost::uuids::to_string(pg_sb->index_table_uuid);
+    auto hs_pg = std::make_unique< HS_PG >(std::move(pg_sb), std::move(v.value()));
+    // During PG recovery check if index is already recoverd else
+    // add entry in map, so that index recovery can update the PG.
+    std::scoped_lock lg(index_lock_);
+    auto it = index_table_pg_map_.find(uuid_str);
+    RELEASE_ASSERT(it != index_table_pg_map_.end(), "IndexTable should be recovered before PG");
+    hs_pg->index_table_ = it->second.index_table;
+    it->second.pg_id = pg_id;
+
+    add_pg_to_map(std::move(hs_pg));
 }
 
 PGInfo HSHomeObject::HS_PG::pg_info_from_sb(homestore::superblk< pg_info_superblk > const& sb) {
diff --git a/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_shard_manager.cpp b/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_shard_manager.cpp
index 0223f07b..9e345c20 100644
--- a/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_shard_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/homestore_backend/hs_shard_manager.cpp
@@ -273,13 +273,23 @@ void HSHomeObject::on_shard_message_commit(int64_t lsn, sisl::blob const& h, hom
     }
 }
 
-void HSHomeObject::recover_shard() {
-    for (auto& [buf, mblk] : m_shard_sb_bufs) {
-        homestore::superblk< shard_info_superblk > sb(_shard_meta_name);
-        sb.load(buf, mblk);
-        add_new_shard_to_map(std::make_unique< HS_Shard >(std::move(sb)));
+void HSHomeObject::on_shard_meta_blk_found(homestore::meta_blk* mblk, sisl::byte_view buf) {
+    homestore::superblk< shard_info_superblk > sb(_shard_meta_name);
+    sb.load(buf, mblk);
+    add_new_shard_to_map(std::make_unique< HS_Shard >(std::move(sb)));
+}
+
+void HSHomeObject::on_shard_meta_blk_recover_completed(bool success) {
+    std::unordered_set< homestore::chunk_num_t > excluding_chunks;
+    std::scoped_lock lock_guard(_pg_lock);
+    for (auto& pair : _pg_map) {
+        for (auto& shard : pair.second->shards_) {
+            if (shard->info.state == ShardInfo::State::OPEN) {
+                excluding_chunks.emplace(d_cast< HS_Shard* >(shard.get())->sb_->chunk_id);
+            }
+        }
     }
-    m_shard_sb_bufs.clear();
+    chunk_selector_->build_per_dev_chunk_heap(excluding_chunks);
 }
 
 void HSHomeObject::add_new_shard_to_map(ShardPtr&& shard) {
diff --git a/src/lib/homestore_backend/tests/hs_shard_tests.cpp b/src/lib/homestore_backend/tests/hs_shard_tests.cpp
index 2204834c..19efa83f 100644
--- a/src/lib/homestore_backend/tests/hs_shard_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/homestore_backend/tests/hs_shard_tests.cpp
@@ -125,41 +125,16 @@ TEST_F(TestFixture, MockSealShard) {
 }
 #endif
 
-class FixtureAppWithRecovery : public FixtureApp {
-    std::string fpath_{"/tmp/test_shard_manager.data." + std::to_string(rand())};
-
-public:
-    std::list< std::filesystem::path > devices() const override {
-        auto device_info = std::list< std::filesystem::path >();
-        device_info.emplace_back(std::filesystem::canonical(fpath_));
-        return device_info;
-    }
-
-    std::string path() const { return fpath_; }
-};
-
 class ShardManagerTestingRecovery : public ::testing::Test {
 public:
-    void SetUp() override { app = std::make_shared< FixtureAppWithRecovery >(); }
-
+    void SetUp() override { app = std::make_shared< FixtureApp >(); }
     void TearDown() override { app->clean(); }
 
 protected:
     std::shared_ptr< FixtureApp > app;
 };
 
-// TODO: enable the following test case after we fix raft repl dev recovery issue.
-/*
 TEST_F(ShardManagerTestingRecovery, ShardManagerRecovery) {
-    // prepare the env first;
-    auto app_with_recovery = dp_cast< FixtureAppWithRecovery >(app);
-    const std::string fpath = app_with_recovery->path();
-    if (std::filesystem::exists(fpath)) { std::filesystem::remove(fpath); }
-    LOGI("creating device files with size {} ", homestore::in_bytes(2 * Gi));
-    LOGI("creating {} device file", fpath);
-    std::ofstream ofs{fpath, std::ios::binary | std::ios::out | std::ios::trunc};
-    std::filesystem::resize_file(fpath, 2 * Gi);
-
     homeobject::pg_id_t _pg_id{1u};
     homeobject::peer_id_t _peer1;
     homeobject::peer_id_t _peer2;
@@ -187,6 +162,7 @@ TEST_F(ShardManagerTestingRecovery, ShardManagerRecovery) {
     _home_object.reset();
     LOGI("restart home_object");
     _home_object = homeobject::init_homeobject(std::weak_ptr< homeobject::HomeObjectApplication >(app));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds{5});
     homeobject::HSHomeObject* ho = dynamic_cast< homeobject::HSHomeObject* >(_home_object.get());
     // check PG after recovery.
     EXPECT_TRUE(ho->_pg_map.size() == 1);
@@ -201,15 +177,15 @@ TEST_F(ShardManagerTestingRecovery, ShardManagerRecovery) {
     EXPECT_EQ(ShardInfo::State::OPEN, check_shard->info.state);
 
     auto hs_shard = d_cast< homeobject::HSHomeObject::HS_Shard* >(check_shard);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->info == shard_info);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->id == shard_info.id);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->placement_group == shard_info.placement_group);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->state == shard_info.state);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->created_time == shard_info.created_time);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->last_modified_time == shard_info.last_modified_time);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->available_capacity_bytes == shard_info.available_capacity_bytes);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->total_capacity_bytes == shard_info.total_capacity_bytes);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->deleted_capacity_bytes == shard_info.deleted_capacity_bytes);
+    auto& recovered_shard_info = hs_shard->info;
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info == shard_info);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info.placement_group == shard_info.placement_group);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info.state == shard_info.state);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info.created_time == shard_info.created_time);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info.last_modified_time == shard_info.last_modified_time);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info.available_capacity_bytes == shard_info.available_capacity_bytes);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info.total_capacity_bytes == shard_info.total_capacity_bytes);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info.deleted_capacity_bytes == shard_info.deleted_capacity_bytes);
 
     // seal the shard when shard is recovery
     e = _home_object->shard_manager()->seal_shard(shard_id).get();
@@ -221,6 +197,7 @@ TEST_F(ShardManagerTestingRecovery, ShardManagerRecovery) {
     LOGI("restart home_object again");
     // re-create the homeobject and pg infos and shard infos will be recover automatically.
     _home_object = homeobject::init_homeobject(std::weak_ptr< homeobject::HomeObjectApplication >(app));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds{5});
     auto s = _home_object->shard_manager()->get_shard(shard_id).get();
     ASSERT_TRUE(!!s);
     EXPECT_EQ(ShardInfo::State::SEALED, s.value().state);
@@ -237,19 +214,9 @@ TEST_F(ShardManagerTestingRecovery, ShardManagerRecovery) {
     EXPECT_EQ(2, pg_iter->second->shard_sequence_num_);
     // finally close the homeobject and homestore.
     _home_object.reset();
-    std::filesystem::remove(fpath);
 }
 
 TEST_F(ShardManagerTestingRecovery, SealedShardRecovery) {
-    // prepare the env first;
-    auto app_with_recovery = dp_cast< FixtureAppWithRecovery >(app);
-    const std::string fpath = app_with_recovery->path();
-    if (std::filesystem::exists(fpath)) { std::filesystem::remove(fpath); }
-    LOGI("creating device files with size {} ", homestore::in_bytes(2 * Gi));
-    LOGI("creating {} device file", fpath);
-    std::ofstream ofs{fpath, std::ios::binary | std::ios::out | std::ios::trunc};
-    std::filesystem::resize_file(fpath, 2 * Gi);
-
     homeobject::pg_id_t _pg_id{1u};
     homeobject::peer_id_t _peer1;
     homeobject::peer_id_t _peer2;
@@ -285,6 +252,7 @@ TEST_F(ShardManagerTestingRecovery, SealedShardRecovery) {
     LOGI("restart home_object");
     // re-create the homeobject and pg infos and shard infos will be recover automatically.
     _home_object = homeobject::init_homeobject(std::weak_ptr< homeobject::HomeObjectApplication >(app));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds{5});
     ho = dynamic_cast< homeobject::HSHomeObject* >(_home_object.get());
     EXPECT_TRUE(ho->_pg_map.size() == 1);
     // check shard internal state;
@@ -292,17 +260,15 @@ TEST_F(ShardManagerTestingRecovery, SealedShardRecovery) {
     EXPECT_TRUE(pg_iter != ho->_pg_map.end());
     EXPECT_EQ(1, pg_iter->second->shards_.size());
     auto hs_shard = d_cast< homeobject::HSHomeObject::HS_Shard* >(pg_iter->second->shards_.front().get());
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->info == shard_info);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->id == shard_info.id);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->placement_group == shard_info.placement_group);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->state == shard_info.state);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->created_time == shard_info.created_time);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->last_modified_time == shard_info.last_modified_time);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->available_capacity_bytes == shard_info.available_capacity_bytes);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->total_capacity_bytes == shard_info.total_capacity_bytes);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(hs_shard->sb_->deleted_capacity_bytes == shard_info.deleted_capacity_bytes);
+    auto& recovered_shard_info = hs_shard->info;
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info == shard_info);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info.placement_group == shard_info.placement_group);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info.state == shard_info.state);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info.created_time == shard_info.created_time);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info.last_modified_time == shard_info.last_modified_time);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info.available_capacity_bytes == shard_info.available_capacity_bytes);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info.total_capacity_bytes == shard_info.total_capacity_bytes);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(recovered_shard_info.deleted_capacity_bytes == shard_info.deleted_capacity_bytes);
     // finally close the homeobject and homestore.
     _home_object.reset();
-    std::filesystem::remove(fpath);
 }
-*/