System and method for optimally creating storage objects in a storage system

A method comprising:

• identifying a service level requirement for a storage object, said storage object created from one or more physical storage resources, said one or more physical storage resources operable under the control of a storage controller;
• analyzing attributes of said one or more physical storage resources to identify qualifying physical storage resources that satisfy said service level requirement in which to create said storage object;
• analyzing attributes of components of said storage controller to identify qualifying storage controller components that satisfy said service level requirement in which to store a control component of said storage object;
• and
• selecting one or more physical storage resources from said qualifying physical storage resources in which to create said storage object and a storage controller component from said qualifying storage controller components in which to store said control component of said storage object to provide an optimized configuration of said storage object.

A method for creating storage at an optimal location in a storage system, said method comprising:

• receiving an indication that a storage object is to be created in said storage system, said storage object associated with a service level requirement;
• in response to said receiving:
• identifying a physical storage resource in said system that satisfies said service level requirement;
• identifying a virtual resource in said system that satisfies said service level requirement;
• identifying a network interface between a satisfactory physical storage resource and a satisfactory virtual resource in said system that satisfies said service level requirement;
• and
• creating said storage object from said satisfactory physical storage resource and providing access to said storage object for said satisfactory virtual resource via said satisfactory network interface.

A method for optimizing creation of storage in a virtual storage system, said method comprising:

• submitting, from a client system, a request for additional storage satisfying a service level requirement;
• in response to said submitting, receiving at said client system a notification that additional storage has been created for said client system, said storage created by:
• analyzing attributes of said one or more physical storage resources to identify qualifying physical storage resources that satisfy said service level requirement in which to create said storage, said analyzing based, at least in part, on existing uses of said storage resources;
• analyzing attributes of components of a storage controller to identify qualifying storage controller components that satisfy said service level requirement in which to store a control component of said storage;
• selecting one or more physical storage resources from said qualifying physical storage resources in which to create said storage;
• and
• selecting a storage controller component from said qualifying storage controller components in which to store said control component of said storage to provide an optimized configuration of said storage.