Instantiating software defined storage nodes on edge information handling systems

A system for providing software defined storage services on edge information handling systems, comprising:

• a processor that executes an application of the applications;
• and
• a system control processor manager, comprising memory and a second processor, programmed to:
• obtain a composition request for a composed information handling system (IHS) associated with performing a software defined storage (SDS) service on edge IHSs, wherein:
• the composition request specifies the SDS service, and
• the SDS service is associated with a minimum quantity of SDS nodes that is greater than a quantity of available edge IHSs;
• identify a first IHS and a second IHS specified by the composition request, wherein the first IHS and the second IHS comprise edge IHSs;
• set up SDS services using the first IHS and the second IHS to obtain SDS nodes, wherein setting up SDS services to obtain SDS nodes comprises:
• identifying a number of nodes associated with the SDS nodes;
• allocating heterogeneous compute resources of the first IHS and the second IHS to each SDS node of the SDS nodes;
• allocating a power domain to each node of the nodes;
• allocating portions of an at least one hardware resource set to each SDS node of the SDS nodes;
• and
• preparing the SDS nodes to perform the SDS service;
• and
• instantiate a composed information handling system to perform the SDS service using the SDS nodes.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for providing software defined storage services on edge information handling systems, the method comprising:

• obtaining a composition request for a composed information handling system (IHS) associated with performing a software defined storage (SDS) service on edge IHSs, wherein:
• the composition request specifies the SDS service, and
• the SDS service is associated with a minimum quantity of SDS nodes that is greater than a quantity of available edge IHSs;
• identifying a first IHS and a second IHS specified by the composition request, wherein the first IHS and the second IHS comprise edge IHSs;
• setting up SDS services using the first IHS and the second IHS to obtain SDS nodes, wherein setting up SDS services to obtain the SDS nodes comprises:
• identifying a number of nodes associated with the SDS nodes;
• allocating heterogeneous compute resources of the first IHS and the second IHS to each SDS node of the SDS nodes;
• allocating a power domain to each SDS node of the SDS nodes;
• allocating portions of an at least one hardware resource set to each SDS node of the SDS nodes;
• and
• preparing the SDS nodes to perform the SDS service;
• and
• instantiating a composed information handling system to perform the SDS service using the SDS nodes.