Container storage interface filter driver-based optimization of a storage system

A system comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to implement a container storage interface (CSI) filter driver configured to perform a process comprising:
• passing requests received by way of a node agent to a CSI driver associated with a storage system, the requests comprising requests for the CSI driver to perform control plane operations with respect to the storage system, wherein the node agent and the CSI filter driver execute on a node of a cluster managed by a container orchestrator, and wherein the storage system is configured to store data associated with one or more containerized applications executing on the node;
• identifying, based on the requests, attributes associated with the control plane operations;
• determining, based on the attributes, a usage profile associated with the storage system, the usage profile representative of how the storage system is used in connection with the one or more containerized applications;
• and
• performing, based on the usage profile, an optimization operation with respect to how the storage system is used in connection with the one or more containerized applications.

A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for implementing a container storage interface (CSI) filter driver configured to perform a process comprising:

• passing requests received by way of a node agent to a CSI driver associated with a storage system, the requests comprising requests for the CSI driver to perform control plane operations with respect to the storage system, wherein the node agent and the CSI filter driver execute on a node of a cluster managed by a container orchestrator, and wherein the storage system is configured to store data associated with one or more containerized applications executing on the node;
• identifying, based on the requests, attributes associated with the control plane operations;
• determining, based on the attributes, a usage profile associated with the storage system, the usage profile representative of how the storage system is used in connection with the one or more containerized applications;
• and
• performing, based on the usage profile, an optimization operation with respect to how the storage system is used in connection with the one or more containerized applications.