STORAGE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DATACENTERS

• US 20140032872A1
• Filed: 07/26/2012
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Vasavi, Sagi, Dasari, Rajashekar
• Granted Patent: US 9,141,288 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/172
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0653 Monitoring storage devices or systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0685 Hybrid storage combining heterogeneous device types, e.g. hierarchical storage, hybrid arrays
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/56 based on priority criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/566 of the information or information source or recipient

Abstract

Systems, computer readable media, and methods are provided. An example method can include classifying a plurality of storage mapping systems as a plurality of storage tiers in a datacenter, assigning a chargeback level to each of the plurality of storage tiers, analyzing a plurality of storage volumes of a plurality of servers in the datacenter to obtain characteristics of each of the plurality of storage volumes where the characteristics include one of the plurality of storage mapping systems, assigning the chargeback level to each of the plurality of storage volumes based on the storage mapping system for each of the plurality of storage volumes, and determining a storage recommendation for a number of configuration item (CIs) based on a criticality of the number of CIs where the criticality corresponds to at least one of the chargeback levels assigned to each of the plurality of storage tiers.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

classifying, by a processor in a computing system, a plurality of storage mapping systems as a plurality of storage tiers in a datacenter;

designating, by the processor, a chargeback level to each of the plurality of storage tiers;

analyzing, by the processor, a plurality of storage volumes of a plurality of servers in the datacenter to obtain characteristics of each of the plurality of storage volumes, wherein the characteristics comprise one of the plurality of storage mapping systems;

assigning, by the processor, the chargeback level to each of the plurality of storage volumes based on the storage mapping system for each of the plurality of storage volumes; and

determining, by the processor, a storage recommendation based on a criticality of each of a number of configuration items (CIs), wherein the criticality corresponds to at least one of the chargeback levels assigned to each of the plurality of storage tiers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the storage recommendation includes recommending a number of available storage volumes of the plurality of servers, wherein the plurality of available storage volumes have the chargeback level equal to or in excess of the criticality of the number of CIs.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising determining a volume group, wherein the volume group is a logical volume including at least a portion of the plurality of available storage volumes.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the storage recommendation includes recommending a change in the chargeback level for an existing volume group.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising assigning a threshold capacity of the number of CIs to each of the plurality of servers

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the storage recommendation further includes recommending a hierarchy of a plurality of available storage volumes of the plurality of servers based on the chargeback level.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining the characteristics including size, level of redundancy, and availability.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a set of instructions executable by a processor to cause a computer to:

classify a plurality of storage mapping systems as a plurality of storage tiers in a datacenter;

designate a chargeback level to each of the plurality of storage tiers;

analyze a plurality of storage volumes of a plurality of servers in the datacenter to obtain characteristics of each of a plurality of storage volumes, wherein the characteristics comprise a storage mapping system for each of the plurality of storage volumes;

assign a chargeback level to each of the plurality of storage volumes based on the storage mapping system for each of the plurality of storage volumes; and

determine a storage recommendation for a number of configuration items (CI) based on a criticality of each of the number of CIs, wherein the criticality corresponds to at least one of the chargeback levels assigned to each of the plurality of storage tiers, wherein to determine the recommendation includes to determine a hierarchy of a plurality of available storage volumes based on the chargeback level.

9. The medium of claim 8, comprising to display via a graphical user interface the determined recommendation.

10. The medium of claim 9, wherein the graphical user interface further displays an override option to enable creation of a volume group without use of the criticality of the number of CIs.

11. The medium of claim 8, wherein the storage recommendation includes to recommend a change in the chargeback level for an existing volume group, wherein the existing volume group comprises an existing logical volume comprising a plurality of storage volumes.

12. The medium of claim 8, further comprising to assign a threshold capacity of the number of CIs to each of the plurality of servers

13. A system to provide storage recommendations for datacenters, comprising:

a processing resource in communication with a non-transitory computer readable medium that includes a set of instructions and wherein the processing resource executes the set of instructions to;

classify a plurality of storage mapping systems as a plurality of storage tiers in a datacenter;

designate a chargeback level to each of the plurality of storage tiers;

analyze a plurality of servers in the datacenter that include a plurality of storage volumes to obtain characteristics of each of a plurality of storage volumes, wherein the characteristics include a storage mapping system and an availability indicator for each of the plurality of storage volumes;

assign the chargeback level to each of the plurality of storage volumes based on the storage mapping system for each of the plurality of storage volumes;

determine a threshold capacity of a number of CIs for each of a plurality of servers; and

determine a storage recommendation for the number of configuration items (CIs) based on a criticality of each of the number of CIs, the threshold capacity, and a status of the availability indicator, wherein the criticality corresponds to at least one of the chargeback levels assigned to each of the plurality of storage tiers.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein to determine the recommendation based on the criticality of the number of CIs further includes to recommend a hierarchy of a plurality of available storage volumes based on the chargeback level in an order of cost.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the plurality of servers comprise a plurality of cloud servers.