Management of storage in a storage network

A storage block comprising:

• a first portion allocated for storage of network data associated with a storage network including one or more other storage blocks;
• a second portion allocated for storage of local data associated with one or more programs of a device that includes the storage block;
• and
• a third portion as free space of the storage block, the third portion being maintained at approximately a target size through adjustments made to an amount of network data stored on the first portion.

A computer-readable storage medium including instructions that cause a system to perform operations to manage storage allocation on a storage agent, the operations comprising:

• allocating a first portion of a storage block for storage of network data associated with a storage network including the storage block and one or more other storage blocks;
• allocating a second portion of the storage block for storage of local data associated with one or more programs of a device that includes the storage block;
• allocating a third portion of the storage block as free space of the storage block, the third portion having a target size associated with a desired amount of free space on the storage block;
• and
• maintaining the third portion at approximately the target size by adjusting an amount of network data stored on the first portion.