Patent Document ID: 20140005972
Application ID: 13537435
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: receiving input values for a plurality of variables for a qualification test of a storage drive model, the plurality of variables associated with factors that increase or decrease testing time and a number of storage drives for testing, each variable having one or more of a drive requirement weight and a testing schedule weight, the variables independent of specifications of the storage drive model; determining a plurality of weighted drive requirement values by adjusting each input value having a corresponding drive requirement weight by the corresponding drive requirement weight and determining a plurality of weighted testing schedule values by adjusting each input value having a corresponding testing schedule weight by the corresponding testing schedule weight; determining a storage drive requirement by one of increasing and decreasing a baseline storage drive requirement according to the weighted drive requirement values, the storage drive requirement specifying a number of storage drives for testing during the qualification test; and determining a testing schedule by one of increasing and decreasing a baseline testing schedule according to the weighted testing schedule values, the testing schedule comprising an estimated time requirement for the qualification test.