Database-level automatic storage management

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause performing of:

• associating a plurality of block addressable storage units as a part of a disk group configured to store files for a plurality of databases, wherein the plurality of databases comprises a first database and a second database different from the first database, wherein the files for each database of the plurality of databases comprise a table and an index of the database;
• storing a first file group and a second file group in the disk group, wherein files in the first file group only store data for the first database and files in the second file group only store data for the second database;
• for each file group of the first file group and the second file group, storing, with said file group, storage management property values describing how to apply certain storage management operations to said file group on a file basis, wherein storage management property values for the first file group are distinct from storage management property values for the second file group;
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• causing application of a storage management property value of the storage management property values stored with the first file group to one or more files in the first file group.