Dell Products Inc.

Allen Zhao

Jingyi Wang

Yang Zhang

Shuangshuang Liang

Automatic file system capacity management techniques are provided using file system utilization prediction. One method comprises obtaining input data representing a utilization of a storage capacity of a file system of a given storage system; predicting a future utilization of the storage capacity of the file system based on a portion of the obtained input data; and automatically adjusting the storage capacity of the file system based at least in part on a result of a comparison of the predicted utilization of the storage capacity to a current utilization of the storage capacity. The comparison of the predicted utilization to a current utilization of the storage capacity may comprise comparing the current utilization of the storage capacity to the predicted utilization of the storage capacity for at least first and second time periods following a current time period to determine a trend of the utilization of the storage capacity.

Automatic file system capacity management using file system utilization prediction

Dynamic snapshot scheduling techniques are provided using storage system metrics. One method comprises obtaining a schedule for generating snapshots of a portion of a storage system; automatically adjusting snapshot generation parameters in the schedule based on: (i) a current storage pool usage metric, (ii) an input/output metric of at least one storage resource in the portion of the storage system, (iii) a measure of snapshots in a destroying state, and/or (iv) a measure of a number of created snapshots; and initiating a generation of a snapshot of the storage system portion in accordance with the adjusted schedule. A snapshot generation frequency may be increased in response to an increase of: the current storage pool usage metric, the number of snapshots in the destroying state, and/or the number of created snapshots. A snapshot generation frequency may be decreased in response to an increase of the I/O metric of the at least one storage resource.

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Chengdu, China

Allen Zhao