Patent ID: 9335932
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: determining performance information for each storage unit of a plurality of storage units located at a virtual data center, wherein the determining is performed by executing storage administrator logic whose execution is controlled by a management entity different than a provider of the virtual data center; automatically determining, based on the determined performance information, performance expectations that include particular one or more performance expectations applicable to a particular storage unit; determining that performance of the particular storage unit is incompatible with the particular one or more performance expectations; based on the determined performance information, determining that a performance pattern indicating a physical co-location of a first storage unit and a second storage unit has occurred; wherein the performance pattern is based on the first storage unit and the second storage unit performing similarly according to performance characteristics of data operations, at the first storage unit and at the second storage unit, included in the performance information; in response to determining that the performance pattern has occurred, disabling use of a selected storage unit of the first storage unit or the second storage unit for at least a particular purpose; causing, at least partially in response to determining that performance of the particular storage unit is incompatible with the particular one or more performance expectations, a reduction in utilization of the particular storage unit; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.