Patent ID: 8719320

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for data storage management, comprising: under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, receiving, from a device of the one or more computer systems, an operating parameter associated with a storage system, the operating parameter indicating a level of ability to perform data operations on data stored in the storage system; determining, based at least in part on the received operating parameter, a health level of the storage system; when it is determined that the health level of the storage system is below a predefined level: causing one or more actions to be performed that disable reading or writing to a remaining storage space of the storage; and indicating that the storage system is below the predefined level to specify one or more predefined activities that are appropriate for data stored in the storage system below the predefined level; when it is determined that the health level of the storage system is within a second redefined level the second predefined level being below the predefined level: causing data of the storage system to be stored in a second storage system; causing one or more actions to be performed that disable writing or reading to a storage space of the storage system; and indicating that the storage system is within the second level to specify the one or more predefined activities that are appropriate for data stored in the storage system within the second predefined level; and the second predefined level is a suspect level indicating that the storage system has a higher probability of failure than the predefined level.