Emc IP Holding Company LLC

Karthik Mani

Shashidhar R Kulkarni

Peniel Charles

Manikandan Sethuraman

Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automated storage capacity provisioning using machine learning techniques are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining a user-provided input comprising an identification of an amount of storage capacity to be provisioned from a storage system; determining an amount of time for which the amount of storage capacity to be provisioned will last in connection with the storage system by processing the user-provided input in connection with historical data pertaining to storage utilization using one or more machine learning techniques; outputting, to the user, the determined amount of time for which the amount of storage capacity to be provisioned will last; and performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on feedback from the user in response to the outputting of the determined amount of time for which the amount of storage capacity to be provisioned will last.

Automated storage capacity provisioning using machine learning techniques

Determining an optimal path through a storage area network from a specific initiator to a specific target includes determining a plurality of possible paths through the storage area network between the specific initiator and the specific target, examining a plurality of previously-determined latency values for each of the paths, the previously-determined latency values being set according to empirical observation of propagation through each of the paths, and choosing a specific one of the paths having a lowest latency value. The previously-determined latency values may be determined by sending a command from the specific initiator to the specific target. The command may avoid queuing any I/O operations at the specific target. The command may be a status request command or a vendor specific command. The source may be a host system and the target may be a storage system. The previously-determined latency may be measured using a PowerPath Management Appliance.

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