Patent ID: 8412977

Claim:
A management server coupled to processor devices and storage devices, comprising: a memory having storage device information relating to the storage devices and mapping information between application programs executed by the processor devices and portions of storage implemented in the storage devices being utilized by the application programs; a receiver for receiving a command specifying a first application program executed by a first processor device, from the application programs and the processor devices; a controller for specifying a first storage portion in a first storage devices from the storage devices, based on the mapping information and for specifying a candidate storage portion(s) which is capable to store replica of data in the first storage portion in a candidate storage device(s) of the storage devices, based on the storage device information; and an output for displaying information about the candidate storage portion(s) and the candidate storage device(s), wherein the candidate storage portion(s) and the candidate storage device(s) are filtered by policies.