Patent Document ID: 9888078
Application ID: 14823720
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method performed by a processor executing program code in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for deploying storage resources at a client computing environment, comprising: determining a new configuration pattern of storage resources to deploy in the client computing environment; determining if a local catalog includes one or more published configuration patterns similar to the new configuration pattern; selecting a published configuration pattern in the local catalog having a similar configuration pattern to the new configuration pattern and highest confidence level if there are multiple published configuration patterns in the local catalog having similar configuration patterns; sending a request to a service provider with information of the new configuration pattern if there is no published configuration pattern in the local catalog having a similar configuration pattern; receiving, from the service provider, a result set having at least one provided configuration pattern data structure having a degree of similarity to the new configuration pattern, wherein each of the at least one provided configuration pattern data structure includes a configuration pattern of storage resources including attributes values for storage attributes of the storage resources deployed at the client, a storage performance model for the configuration pattern of storage resources, and a confidence level indicating a degree of detail of an internal structure of the configuration pattern of storage resources considered in determining storage performance metrics, wherein the storage performance model indicates workload and performance characteristics for the configuration pattern of storage resources based on the storage performance metrics as a function of different workloads at the configuration pattern of storage resources that models how the configuration pattern of storage resources responds to different workloads, wherein the storage performance model is determined according to the storage performance metrics that test internal structures and workings of the configuration pattern of storage resources and operations and results of the configuration pattern of storage resources; selecting a configuration pattern data structure from one of the at least one provided configuration pattern data structure from the result set in response to receiving the result set; and using the storage performance model for the selected configuration pattern data structure from the result set or the selected published configuration pattern from the local catalog to model performance at the client computing environment of the new configuration pattern of storage resources.