Projecting the effects of implementing various actions on a storage system
AssigneePure Storage, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin Borowiec, Terence Noonan
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Abstract
Proactive management of a plurality of storage arrays in a multi-array system, including: comparing one or more conditions of a particular storage array to conditions of other storage arrays in the multi-array system; and generating an action recommendation based on the comparison, the action recommendation specifying one or more actions for improving the conditions of the particular storage array relative to the conditions of the other storage arrays.
Claims20
A method of proactive management in a multi-array system, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a storage array services provider from a plurality of storage arrays of the multi-array system, one or more performance metrics;
- comparing one or more performance metrics of a particular storage array in the plurality of storage arrays to one or more corresponding performance metrics of other storage arrays in the plurality of storage arrays;
- identifying, based on the comparison, one or more actions for improving one or more conditions of the particular storage array;
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- presenting one or more projected effects of implementing the one or more actions on the storage array.
An apparatus for proactive management of a plurality of storage arrays in a multi-array system, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:
- receiving, at a storage array services provider from a plurality of storage arrays of the multi-array system, one or more performance metrics;
- comparing one or more performance metrics of a particular storage array in the plurality of storage arrays to one or more corresponding performance metrics of other storage arrays in the plurality of storage arrays;
- identifying, based on the comparison, one or more actions for improving one or more conditions of the particular storage array;
- and
- presenting one or more projected effects of implementing the one or more actions on the storage array.
A computer program product for proactive management of a plurality of storage arrays in a multi-array system, the computer program product disposed upon a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
- receiving, at a storage array services provider from a plurality of storage arrays of the multi-array system, one or more performance metrics;
- comparing one or more performance metrics of a particular storage array in the plurality of storage arrays to one or more corresponding performance metrics of other storage arrays in the plurality of storage arrays;
- identifying, based on the comparison, one or more actions for improving one or more conditions of the particular storage array;
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- presenting one or more projected effects of implementing the one or more actions on the storage array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.