Management apparatus, management method and storage management system

A management method for managing one or more storage systems having a plurality of storage devices that forms RAID groups and logical storage extents, the management apparatus including a processing unit, a communication interface connected to the processing unit and a user interface connected to the processing unit, the method comprising:

• collecting first actual performance information and configuration information from the one or more storage systems via the communication interface, the first actual performance information containing an operation rate per a predetermined period of time for each storage device, the configuration information containing storage device power consumption specifications for each storage device;
• computing actual power consumption for each of the RAID groups based on the operation rate of the first actual performance information and the storage device power consumption specifications of the configuration information;
• collecting second actual performance information from the one or more storage systems via the communication interface, the second actual performance information containing a number of I/O requests per the predetermined period of time for each of the logical storage extents and a data transfer amount per unit time for said each logical storage extent;
• and
• generating output signals to display the actual power consumption together with the second actual performance information on the user interface.

A storage management system comprising:

• with one or more storage systems having a plurality of storage devices that forms RAID groups and logical storage extents, and a management apparatus for managing the one or more storage systems,
• wherein each of the one or more storage systems includes a controller for reading/writing data provided by a host system from/to a relevant logical storage extent among the logical storage extents provided by the plurality of storage devices, and transmitting information based upon a performance and capacity of each of the logical storage extents,
• wherein the management apparatus includes a processing unit, a communication interface connected to the processing unit, and a user interface connected to the processing unit, the processing unit collects first actual performance information and configuration information from the one or more storage systems via the communication interface, the first actual performance information contains an operation rate per a predetermined period of time for each storage device, the configuration information contains storage device power consumption specifications for each storage device, the processing unit computes actual power consumption for each of the RAID groups based on the operation rate of the first actual performance information and the storage device power consumption specifications of the configuration information, the processing unit collects second actual performance information from the one or more storage systems via the communication interface, the second actual performance information contains a number of I/O requests per the predetermined period of time for said each logical storage extent and a data transfer amount per unit time for said each logical storage extent, the processing unit determines a Source logical storage extent from among the logical storage extents and a destination RAID group from among the RAID groups based on the actual power consumption, the processing unit transmits a request for migration to a corresponding storage system that has the destination RAID group, the processing unit generates output signals to display the actual power consumption together with the second actual performance information on the user interface, and
• wherein the controller of the corresponding storage system that has the destination RAID group migrates the determined source storage extent to the determined destination RAID group in accordance with the request for migration processing received from the management apparatus.