System and method for tiered data storage in a cloud infrastructure environment

A method for providing tiered data storage in a cloud infrastructure environment, comprising:

• providing, at a cloud infrastructure environment, a data storage service that provides access to infrastructure resources for storage of data, wherein cloud instances operating within the cloud infrastructure can be attached to or otherwise associated with data volumes or block volumes that store data for use with the cloud instances;
• wherein a data volume or block volume can be configured and associated with a cloud instance, including specification of a performance tier to be associated with the data volume or block volume, wherein different performance tiers are associated with different types of data storage and;
• and
• during operation of the data volume or block volume with the cloud instance, determining a current data volume or block volume performance configuration associated with the data volume or block volume, and storing its data in an associated performance tier and type of data storage.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform a method comprising:

• providing, at a cloud infrastructure environment, a data storage service that provides access to infrastructure resources for storage of data, wherein cloud instances operating within the cloud infrastructure can be attached to or otherwise associated with data volumes or block volumes that store data for use with the cloud instances;
• wherein a data volume or block volume can be configured and associated with a cloud instance, including specification of a performance tier to be associated with the data volume or block volume, wherein different performance tiers are associated with different types of data storage and;
• and
• during operation of the data volume or block volume with the cloud instance, determining a current data volume or block volume performance configuration associated with the data volume or block volume, and storing its data in an associated performance tier and type of data storage.