Manu NALEPA 49e1763ec2 Data columns cache warmup: Parallelize computation of all files for a given epoch. (#16207)
**What type of PR is this?**
Other

**What does this PR do? Why is it needed?**
Before this PR, all `.sszs` files containing the data column sidecars
were read an process sequentially, taking some time.
After this PR, every `.sszs` files of a given epoch (so, up to 32 files
with the current `SLOT_PER_EPOCHS` value) are processed in parallel.

**Which issues(s) does this PR fix?**
- https://github.com/OffchainLabs/prysm/issues/16204

Tested on - [Netcup VPS 4000 G11](https://www.netcup.com/en/server/vps).
**Before this PR (3 trials)**:
```
[2026-01-02 08:55:12.71]  INFO filesystem: Data column filesystem cache warm-up complete elapsed=1m22.894007534s
[2026-01-02 12:59:33.62]  INFO filesystem: Data column filesystem cache warm-up complete elapsed=42.346732863s
[2026-01-02 13:03:13.65]  INFO filesystem: Data column filesystem cache warm-up complete elapsed=56.143565960s
```

**After this PR (3 trials)**:
```
[2026-01-02 12:50:07.53]  INFO filesystem: Data column filesystem cache warm-up complete elapsed=2.019424193s
[2026-01-02 12:52:01.34]  INFO filesystem: Data column filesystem cache warm-up complete elapsed=1.960671225s
[2026-01-02 12:53:34.66]  INFO filesystem: Data column filesystem cache warm-up complete elapsed=2.549555363s
```


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Prysm: An Ethereum Consensus Implementation Written in Go

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This is the core repository for Prysm, a Golang implementation of the Ethereum Consensus specification, developed by Offchain Labs.

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