diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/AsyncChecker.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/AsyncChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7391e3cca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/AsyncChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.container.common.volume;
+
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.checker.Checkable;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+/**
+ * A class that can be used to schedule an asynchronous check on a given
+ * {@link Checkable}. If the check is successfully scheduled then a
+ * {@link ListenableFuture} is returned.
+ *
+ */
+@InterfaceAudience.Private
+@InterfaceStability.Unstable
+public interface AsyncChecker<K, V> {
+
+  /**
+   * Schedule an asynchronous check for the given object.
+   *
+   * @param target object to be checked.
+   *
+   * @param context the interpretation of the context depends on the
+   *                target.
+   *
+   * @return returns a {@link Optional of ListenableFuture} that can be used to
+   *         retrieve the result of the asynchronous check.
+   */
+  Optional<ListenableFuture<V>> schedule(Checkable<K, V> target, K context);
+
+  /**
+   * Cancel all executing checks and wait for them to complete.
+   * First attempts a graceful cancellation, then cancels forcefully.
+   * Waits for the supplied timeout after both attempts.
+   *
+   * See {@link ExecutorService#awaitTermination} for a description of
+   * the parameters.
+   *
+   * @throws InterruptedException
+   */
+  void shutdownAndWait(long timeout, TimeUnit timeUnit)
+      throws InterruptedException;
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/HddsVolumeChecker.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/HddsVolumeChecker.java
index cd08cd2bf4..75dcddf26d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/HddsVolumeChecker.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/HddsVolumeChecker.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.container.common.volume;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
-import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.FutureCallback;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures;
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.checker.AsyncChecker;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.checker.VolumeCheckResult;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.DiskChecker.DiskErrorException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Timer;
@@ -43,6 +41,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/ThrottledAsyncChecker.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/ThrottledAsyncChecker.java
index d1b256947d..c8f3b1de9e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/ThrottledAsyncChecker.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/ThrottledAsyncChecker.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.container.common.volume;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.FutureCallback;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.checker.AsyncChecker;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.checker.Checkable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Timer;
 
@@ -37,6 +35,7 @@
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.WeakHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ public ThrottledAsyncChecker(final Timer timer,
   public Optional<ListenableFuture<V>> schedule(
       Checkable<K, V> target, K context) {
     if (checksInProgress.containsKey(target)) {
-      return Optional.absent();
+      return Optional.empty();
     }
 
     if (completedChecks.containsKey(target)) {
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ public Optional<ListenableFuture<V>> schedule(
         LOG.debug("Skipped checking {}. Time since last check {}ms " +
                 "is less than the min gap {}ms.",
             target, msSinceLastCheck, minMsBetweenChecks);
-        return Optional.absent();
+        return Optional.empty();
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/TestHddsVolumeChecker.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/TestHddsVolumeChecker.java
index f2a0c253fd..2e267be01e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/TestHddsVolumeChecker.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/volume/TestHddsVolumeChecker.java
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.container.common.volume;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HdfsConfiguration;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.checker.AsyncChecker;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.checker.Checkable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.checker.VolumeCheckResult;
 import org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils;
@@ -42,6 +40,7 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;