Patent ID: 8732394

Claim:
A method, comprising: evaluating data throughput of a computing system to generate a data storage requirement, wherein data throughput corresponds to a maximum possible data transmission rate; generating, based upon the data storage requirement, an active disk list, wherein a selection of data storage devices of a plurality of data storage devices specified on the active disk list is sufficient to meet the data storage requirement; ensuring that each particular data storage device specified in the active disk list is active and that any data storage device not specified on the active disk list is inactive; re-evaluating, during operation of the computing system, data throughput of the computing system to generate a modified data storage requirement; generating a modified active disk list based upon changed the modified data storage requirement, wherein a modified selection of data storage devices of the plurality of data storage devices specified on the modified active disk list is sufficient to meet the modified data storage requirement; and ensuring that each particular data storage device listed on the modified active disk list is active and that any data storage device not listed on the modified active disk list is inactive.