Patent Document ID: 20140380332
Application ID: 14484780
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A system for evaluating a plurality of proposed states for a storage system that provides service to a plurality of workloads, the system comprising: computer hardware configured for: producing a state tree comprising a plurality of nodes arranged in a plurality of hierarchical levels comprising at least first and second levels, the first level comprising a start node representing a current state of the storage system, the second level comprising a plurality of proposed nodes, each proposed node representing a proposed state of the storage system produced by implementing a set of actions associated with the proposed state that changes the current state of the storage system to the proposed state, wherein the state tree is produced based on original planner information; receiving new planner information; adding at least one proposed node in the state tree based on the new planner information; removing at least one proposed node in the state tree based on the new planner information; and producing a set of proposed nodes remaining in the state tree for selecting a proposed state to implement.