Enhanced storage quota management for cloud computing systems

A method for storage management in a cloud computing system, said method comprising:

• identifying locations of storage components in the cloud computing system;
• identifying storage properties of the storage components, the storage properties including an amount of available storage space and a cost of storage space;
• and
• generating a storage quota for a user of the cloud computing system with a cloud quota management module, the storage quota including a maximum amount of storage allocated to the user in at least one of the storage components, the storage quota being generated based on the locations of the storage components and the storage properties of the storage components.

A computer program product for storage management in a cloud computing system, said computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium;
• first program instructions to identify locations of storage components in the cloud computing system;
• second program instructions to identify storage properties of the storage components, the storage properties including at least one of an amount of available storage space and a cost of storage space;
• and
• third program instructions to generate a storage quota for a user of the cloud computing system, the storage quota being generated based on the locations of the storage components and the storage properties of the storage components,
• wherein said first, second and third program instructions are stored on said computer readable storage medium.