Storage System of Storing Golden Image of a Server or Any Physical/Virtual Machine Execution Environment

A system comprising:

• a host computer;
• and
• a storage system coupled to the host computer via a network;
• the storage system comprising:
• a plurality of ports;
• a storage controller;
• and
• a plurality of logical volumes;
• wherein, upon receiving a request, the storage controller configured to:
• create a logical volume based on the request;
• register a golden image data as a golden image;
• associate at least one of the plurality of ports with the golden image;
• copy the golden image data to at least one of the plurality of logical volumes;
• and allocate an internal path between the at least one of the plurality of ports and the at least one of the plurality of the logical volumes.