Techniques for dynamic selection of solutions to storage cluster system trouble events

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• in response to an indication of a trouble event associated with a first component of a first storage cluster system at a first usage level under a first usage type, retrieving a component model of a second component associated with a second usage type from a model database comprising a plurality of component models of a plurality of components operated under a plurality of usage types, wherein the second usage type comprises a combination of operations that differs from a combination of operations of the first usage type by no more than a first threshold of difference;
• applying the first usage level to the component model to derive a resulting level of performance;
• determining whether to provide a recommendation to install the second component in the first storage cluster system to address the trouble event based on the resulting level of performance;
• and
• transmitting the recommendation to an administration device for presentation through a network in response to the determination.

At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor component, cause the processor component to:

• in response to an indication of a trouble event associated with a first component of a first storage cluster system at a first usage level under a first usage type, retrieve a component model of a second component associated with a second usage type from a model database comprising a plurality of component models of a plurality of components operated under a plurality of usage types, wherein the second usage type comprises a combination of operations that differs from a combination of operations of the first usage type by no more than a first threshold of difference;
• apply the first usage level to the component model to derive a resulting level of performance;
• determine whether to provide a recommendation to install the second component in the first storage cluster system to address the trouble event based on the resulting level of performance;
• and
• transmit the recommendation to an administration device for presentation through a network in response to the determination.