Policy based provisioning of storage system resources

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code stored thereon that, when executed, performs a method of provisioning storage for a logical device comprising:

• receiving at least one capability profile identifying a first set of one or more storage resource configurations, wherein each storage resource configuration of the first set is a current storage resource configuration supported on a data storage system;
• receiving a request to provision storage for the logical device, the request including a policy profile identifying a second set of one or more storage resource configurations, wherein each storage resource configuration of the second set is a requested storage resource configuration acceptable for provisioning storage for the logical device;
• determining a third set of zero or more storage resource configurations, said third set being a set intersection of the first set and the second set;
• determining whether the third set includes at least one storage resource configuration;
• and
• if it is determined that the third set includes at least one storage resource configuration, selecting one of the at least one storage resource configurations of the third set and provisioning storage of the logical device in accordance with the selected one storage resource configuration of the third set.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory comprising code stored therein that, when executed, performs processing comprising:
• receiving at least one capability profile identifying a first set of one or more resource configurations, wherein each resource configuration of the first set is a currently supported resource configuration of the system;
• receiving a request to provision resources of the system, the request including a policy profile identifying a second set of one or more storage resource configurations;
• determining a third set of zero or more resource configurations, said third set being a set intersection of the first set and the second set;
• determining whether the third set includes at least one resource configuration;
• and
• if it is determined that the third set includes at least one resource configuration, selecting one of the at least one resource configurations of the third set and provisioning resources for the request in accordance with the selected one storage resource configuration of the third set.