Adaptive implementation of requested capabilities for a logical volume

A system comprising:

• determining means for determining that a first storage device of a plurality of storage devices does not inherently provide a capability;
• configuring means for configuring the first storage device to provide the capability;
• selecting means for selecting the first storage device as one of a selected set of storage devices of the plurality of storage devices, wherein each storage device in the selected set of storage devices has been selected to provide storage for the logical volume;
• second selecting means for selecting a set of remaining storage devices of the plurality of storage devices to provide the capability and a remaining portion of a capacity requested for the logical volume when the selected set of storage devices does not provide all of the capacity requested for the logical volume;
• second configuring means for configuring at least one storage device of the set of remaining storage devices to provide the capability for the logical volume when the at least one storage device of the set of remaining storage devices does not inherently provide the capability;
• and
• executing means for executing at least one command to implement the logical volume using the selected set of storage devices.

A system comprising:

• a determining module to determine that a first storage device of a plurality of storage devices does not inherently provide a capability for a logical volume;
• a configuring module to configure the first storage device to provide the capability for the logical volume;
• a selecting module to select the first storage device as one of a selected set of storage devices of the plurality of storage devices, wherein
• each storage device in the selected set of storage devices has been selected to provide storage for the logical volume;
• a second selecting module for selecting a set of remaining storage devices of the plurality of storage devices to provide the capability and a remaining portion of a capacity requested for the logical volume when the selected set of storage devices does not provide all of the capacity requested for the logical volume;
• a second configuring module for configuring at least one storage device of the set of remaining storage devices to provide the capability for the logical volume when the at least one storage device of the set of remaining storage devices does not inherently provide the capability;
• and
• an executing module to execute at least one command to implement the logical volume using the selected set of storage devices.

A computer-readable medium comprising:

• determining instructions to determine that a first storage device of a plurality of storage devices does not inherently provide a capability for a logical volume;
• configuring instructions to configure the first storage device to provide the capability for the logical volume;
• selecting instructions to select the first storage device as one of a selected set of storage devices of the plurality of storage devices, wherein each storage device in the selected set of storage devices has been selected to provide storage for the logical volume;
• second selecting instructions to select a set of remaining storage devices of the plurality of storage devices to provide the capability and a remaining portion of a capacity requested for the logical volume when the selected set of storage devices does not provide all of the capacity requested for the logical volume;
• and
• second configuring instructions to configure at least one storage device of the set of remaining storage devices to provide the capability for the logical volume when the at least one storage device of the set of remaining storage devices does not inherently provide the capability;
• and
• executing instructions to execute at least one command to implement the logical volume using the selected set of storage devices.