Prescriptive analytics based operation-rate sizing stack for cloud storage

A method including:

• at network interface circuitry:
• receiving historical operation-rate data for a storage volume;
• receiving consumption metric data for the storage volume;
• and
• receiving selection input for the storage volume;
• at rate sizing circuitry in data communication with the network interface circuitry, the rate sizing circuitry executing an rate sizing stack:
• parsing, at an input layer of the rate sizing stack, the operation-rate data and the consumption metric data to generate operation pattern data;
• storing, via a database operation at a data staging layer of the rate sizing stack, the operation pattern data;
• accessing, at a configuration layer of the rate sizing stack, the operation pattern data using a memory resource provided by the data staging layer;
• establishing, at the configuration layer, a selected interval for rate distribution parsing;
• establishing, at the configuration layer, a selection criterion for the storage volume responsive to the selection input;
• parsing the operation pattern data, at a prescriptive engine layer of the rate sizing stack, multiple operation-rates for multiple intervals within the operation pattern data;
• selecting a selected operation-rate from among the multiple operation-rates based on the selection criterion;
• identifying a peak operation-rate from among the multiple operation-rates, the peak operation-rate greater than
• performing a comparison among the peak operation-rate, the selected operation-rate, and a provisioned allowed operation-rate;
• based on the comparison, determining a prescriptive allowed operation-rate, the prescriptive allowed operation-rate greater than or equal to the selected operation-rate;
• when the peak operation-rate is below a static threshold operation-rate, generating, at the prescriptive engine layer, an operation-rate token, the operation-rate token including instructions requesting placement of the storage volume in a fixed operation-rate storage class;
• and
• when the peak operation-rate is above the static threshold operation-rate, generating, at the prescriptive engine layer, the operation-rate token, the operation-rate token including instructions requesting operation-rate reservation for the storage volume consistent with the prescriptive allowed operation-rate;
• and
• sending, via the network interface circuitry, the operation-rate token to a host interface configured to control operation-rate allowance for the storage volume.

A product including:

• machine-readable media other than a transitory signal;
• and
• instructions stored on the machine-readable media, the instructions configured to, when executed, cause a machine to:
• at network interface circuitry:
• receive historical operation-rate data for a storage volume;
• receive consumption metric data for the storage volume;
• receive a selection input for the storage volume;
• and
• at rate sizing circuitry in data communication with the network interface circuitry, the rate sizing circuitry executing an rate sizing stack:
• parse, at an input layer of the rate sizing stack, the operation-rate data and the consumption metric data to generate operation pattern data;
• store, via a database operation at a data staging layer of the rate sizing stack, the operation pattern data;
• access, at a configuration layer of the rate sizing stack, the operation pattern data using a memory resource provided by the data staging layer;
• establish, at the configuration layer, a selected interval for rate distribution parsing;
• establish, at the configuration layer, a selection criterion for the storage volume responsive to the selection input;
• parse the operation pattern data, at a prescriptive engine layer of the rate sizing stack, multiple operation-rates for multiple intervals within the operation pattern data;
• select a selected operation-rate from among the multiple operation-rates based on the selection criterion;
• identify a peak operation-rate from among the multiple operation-rates, the peak operation-rate greater than
• perform a comparison among the peak operation-rate, the selected operation-rate, and a provisioned allowed operation-rate;
• based on the comparison, determine a prescriptive allowed operation-rate, the prescriptive allowed operation-rate greater than or equal to the selected operation-rate;
• when the peak operation-rate is below a static threshold operation-rate, generate, at the prescriptive engine layer, an operation-rate token, the operation-rate token including instructions requesting placement of the storage volume in a fixed operation-rate storage class;
• and
• when the peak operation-rate is above the static threshold operation-rate, generate, at the prescriptive engine layer, the operation-rate token, the operation-rate token including instructions requesting operation-rate reservation for the storage volume consistent with the prescriptive allowed operation-rate;
• and
• send, via the network interface circuitry, the operation-rate token to a host interface configured to control operation-rate allowance for the storage volume.