Cloud storage platform providing performance-based service level agreements

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processers, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a request for a storage service level agreement (SLA) that specifies one or more storage performance parameters;
• determining, for a virtual machine (VM) and based at least in part on the one or more storage performance parameters in the storage SLA:
• a storage location among a set of candidate storage locations;
• and
• an amount of storage to allocate;
• and
• allocating the amount of storage at the storage location for the VM to use in making read requests and write requests.

One or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request for a storage service level agreement (SLA) that specifies one or more storage performance parameters;
• determining, for a virtual machine (VM) and based at least in part on the one or more storage performance parameters in the storage SLA:
• a storage location among a set of candidate storage locations;
• and
• an amount of storage to allocate;
• and
• allocating the amount of storage at the storage location for the VM to use in making read requests and write requests.