Method and system for strategy driven provisioning of storage in a storage area network

An apparatus for provisioning storage from a storage area network, comprising:

• a processor capable of executing instructions;
• a memory containing instructions when executed on the processor receives a request for a storage size and storage configuration from a storage area network according to a storage profile, identifies a storage device pool of storage devices according to a storage device candidate strategy, selects a media unit provisioning strategy based upon the type of storage configuration specified in the storage request, generates media unit solutions using the media unit provisioning strategy and sequence of storage devices in the storage pool, determines if the media unit provisioning strategy produced a solution for the requested storage configuration and provisions a media unit solution in response to the determination.