Patent ID: 8893119

Claim:
A method of presenting a data set that indicates an optional data package as not selected for loading, the method comprising: receiving, at an administration module of a first machine, an estimate of available storage capacity of a storage device of a second machine, the first machine comprising a processor, a memory, and a user interface, and the second machine comprising a processor, a memory, and the storage device; accessing, at the first machine, loading information that references a mandatory data package to be loaded onto the storage device of the second machine, a first optional data package among multiple optional data packages, and a first storage requirement of the first optional data package; identifying the first optional data package by comparing the first storage requirement of the first optional data package to a second storage requirement of a second optional data package among the multiple optional data packages; determining, by the first machine and based on the estimate of the available storage capacity of the storage device of the second machine and based on the comparing of the first storage requirement of the first optional data package to the second storage requirement of the second optional data package, that the first optional data package is not to be loaded onto the storage device of the second machine; generating, based on the determining that the first optional data package is not to be loaded onto the storage device of the second machine, the data set to be presented, the generated data set indicating at least the mandatory data package and the second optional data package as selected for loading onto the storage device of the second machine and indicating the first optional data package as not selected for loading onto the storage device of the second machine; and presenting the data set via the user interface, wherein the first and second machines being distinct and the first and second optional data packages being distinct.