Storage management system and method

A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving an IO request on a multitier storage system, wherein the multitier storage system includes:
• a host,
• a first storage tier, and
• at least one slower storage tier, wherein the at least one slower storage tier is a slower performance storage tier than the first storage tier,
• wherein the first storage tier is coupled to the host using a first tier network infrastructure and the at least one slower storage tier is coupled to the host using at least one slower tier network infrastructure;
• processing the IO request to determine if the IO request is associated with the first storage tier or the at least one slower storage tier;
• and
• effectuating the IO request via one of the first tier network infrastructure and the at least one slower tier network infrastructure.

A computing system including a processor and memory configured to perform operations comprising:

• receiving an IO request on a multitier storage system, wherein the multitier storage system includes:
• a host,
• a first storage tier, and
• at least one slower storage tier, wherein the at least one slower storage tier is a slower performance storage tier than the first storage tier,
• wherein the first storage tier is coupled to the host using a first tier network infrastructure and the at least one slower storage tier is coupled to the host using at least one slower tier network infrastructure;
• processing the IO request to determine if the IO request is associated with the first storage tier or the at least one slower storage tier;
• and
• effectuating the IO request via one of the first tier network infrastructure and the at least one slower tier network infrastructure.