Patent ID: 11940876
Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for execution by one or more computing devices of a storage network, the method comprising:
identifying traits associated with a number of storage units of the storage network to produce identified traits;
determining a plurality of sets of storage pool traits based on the identified traits, wherein a first set of storage pool traits of the plurality of sets of storage pool traits has a common trait of the identified traits;
selecting a plurality of groups of storage units from the number of storage units based on the plurality of sets of storage pool traits, wherein a first group of storage units of the plurality of groups of storage units is based on the first set of storage pool traits;
selecting a storage unit from each of the plurality of groups of storage units in accordance with a selection approach to produce a storage set of selected storage units; and
utilizing the storage set of selected storage units for storing data in the storage network.