Patent ID: 9164692
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying storage system resources to be added to a storage system, wherein the method is performed by a computing system having a processor and memory, the method comprising: storing primary data created by a plurality of software applications on a plurality of primary storage devices in a primary storage system; storing at least one or more secondary copies of the primary data on one or more secondary storage devices in a secondary storage system; managing with a storage manager, one or more secondary copy storage operations that copy at least a portion of the primary data to create the one or more secondary copies using a plurality of media agents that transfer the secondary copies to the secondary storage devices; forecasting with the storage manager, a need for additional primary system resources in the primary storage system based at least on the trend of the number of active media agents that transfer the secondary copies to the secondary storage devices; identifying the one or more additional primary storage system resources to be added to the primary storage system based on the forecasting; forecasting with the storage manager, a need for additional secondary system resources in the secondary storage system based at least on the trend of the number of active data agents in the primary storage system, wherein the active data agents monitor the plurality of software applications in the primary storage system; and identifying the one or more additional secondary system resources to be added to the second storage system that stores the secondary copies based on the forecasting.