Collaborative management of shared resources

A storage server comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory through a bus, wherein the processor executes instructions that cause the processor to
• receive, from a first resource manager, notification of a violation for a service provided by a storage server or device coupled to the storage server;
• receive, from each of a plurality of resource managers, an estimated cost of taking a corrective action to mitigate the violation;
• select a corrective action proposed by one of the plurality of resource managers based upon the estimated cost;
• and
• direct the resource manager that proposed the selected corrective action to perform the selected corrective action.

A computerized method comprising:

• receiving, by a computing device from a first resource manager of a plurality of resource managers, notification of a violation for a service provided by a server system, wherein the server system is one of a web server system, a cloud-computing system, and an application server system;
• receiving, by the computing device from one or more of the plurality of resource managers, an estimated cost of taking a corrective action to mitigate the violation;
• selecting, by the computing device, a corrective action proposed by one of the plurality of resource managers based upon the estimated cost;
• and
• directing, by the computing device, the resource manager that proposed the selected corrective action to perform the selected corrective action.

A management server, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory through a bus, wherein the processor executes instructions that cause the processor to implement a root orchestrator registry interface, a storage management resource manager, and a storage management registry interface, wherein
• the storage management resource manager detects violation for a service provided by a management server or device coupled to the management server and registered with the storage management registry interface and notifies the root orchestrator registry interface;
• the root orchestrator registry interface, in response to the notification of the violation, requests, from the storage management resource manager, an estimated cost of taking a corrective action to mitigate the violation;
• the storage management resource manager, in response to the request, determines and sends to the root orchestrator registry interface one or more estimated costs of taking one or more corresponding corrective actions to mitigate the violation;
• and
• the root orchestrator registry interface selects a corrective action based upon the estimated cost and directs the storage management resource manager to perform or delegate the selected corrective action.