Patent ID: 9285992
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for configuring logical storage resources within a storage system node, said method comprising: receiving, at a storage system device, a request to create a new virtual storage object, wherein the request includes a service level requirement that is associated with the new virtual storage object; in response to the request: ranking, with the storage system device, the identified physical storage resource, storage controllers, and network interfaces, wherein the physical storage resources are ranked based on: determining, with the storage system device, an optimal configuration based on the ranking, the optimal configuration comprising one or more of the physical storage resources, one of the storage controllers, and one or the network interfaces; and creating, with the storage system device, said new virtual storage object within the storage system node based on the optimal configuration and from at least one of said one or more physical storage resources of the optimal configuration.