Generating a storage drive qualification test plan

An apparatus comprising:

• a receiving module that receives input values for a plurality of variables for a qualification test of a storage drive model, the plurality of variables associated with factors that increase or decrease testing time and a number of storage drives for testing, each variable having one or more of a drive requirement weight and a testing schedule weight, the variables independent of specifications of the storage drive model;
• a weighted value module that determines a plurality of weighted drive requirement values by adjusting each input value having a corresponding drive requirement weight by the corresponding drive requirement weight, the weight value module determining a plurality of weighted testing schedule values by adjusting each input value having a corresponding testing schedule weight by the corresponding testing schedule weight;
• a drive requirement module that determines a storage drive requirement by one of increasing and decreasing a baseline storage drive requirement according to the weighted drive requirement values, the storage drive requirement specifying a number of storage drives for testing during the qualification test;
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• a testing schedule module that determines a testing schedule by one of increasing and decreasing a baseline testing schedule according to the weighted testing schedule values, the testing schedule comprising an estimated time requirement for the qualification test.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code for:

• receiving input values for a plurality of variables for a qualification test of a storage drive model, the plurality of variables associated with factors that increase or decrease testing time and a number of storage drives for testing, each variable having one or more of a drive requirement weight and a testing schedule weight, the variables independent of specifications of the storage drive model;
• determining a plurality of weighted drive requirement values by adjusting each input value having a corresponding drive requirement weight by the corresponding drive requirement weight and determining a plurality of weighted testing schedule values by adjusting each input value having a corresponding testing schedule weight by the corresponding testing schedule weight;
• determining a storage drive requirement by one of increasing and decreasing a baseline storage drive requirement according to the weighted drive requirement values, the storage drive requirement specifying a number of storage drives for testing during the qualification test;
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• determining a testing schedule by one of increasing and decreasing a baseline testing schedule according to the weighted testing schedule values, the testing schedule comprising an estimated time requirement for the qualification test.