STORAGE POLICY CHANGE USAGE ESTIMATION

Organization Name

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor(s)

Kenyon James Hensler of Acworth GA (US)

STORAGE POLICY CHANGE USAGE ESTIMATION - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17850607 titled 'STORAGE POLICY CHANGE USAGE ESTIMATION

Simplified Explanation

The present disclosure relates to estimating storage usage when changing storage policies.

A base storage utilization is generated for a storage object based on the current storage policy.
The current storage policy includes the RAID level and fault tolerance level of the storage object.
An estimated storage utilization is generated for the storage object based on the base storage utilization and a new storage policy.
The base storage utilization does not include the overhead associated with the current storage policy.
The estimated storage utilization provides an estimate of the physical storage utilization if the new storage policy is implemented.

Potential Applications

Storage management systems
Data centers
Cloud storage providers

Problems Solved

Accurately estimating storage utilization when changing storage policies
Accounting for overhead associated with RAID levels and fault tolerance levels

Benefits

Improved accuracy in estimating storage utilization
Better decision-making when changing storage policies
Optimal allocation of storage resources

Original Abstract Submitted

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to storage policy change usage estimation. In examples, a base storage utilization is generated for a storage object according to a current storage policy. The current storage policy may comprise a RAID (“redundant array of independent disks”) level and/or a fault tolerance level with which the storage object is stored. An estimated storage utilization may then be generated for the storage object based on the base storage utilization and a new storage policy accordingly. Thus, the base storage utilization may omit or otherwise account for overhead associated with the RAID level and/or fault tolerance level indicated by the current storage policy, while the resulting estimated storage utilization may indicate an estimated physical storage utilization for the storage object if the new storage policy is implemented in place of the current storage policy.

17850607. STORAGE POLICY CHANGE USAGE ESTIMATION simplified abstract (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)