Method and system for presenting and managing storage shares

摘要

Methods and systems for managing storage shares in a virtual environment having a plurality of virtual machines are provided. The system includes a storage system for managing storage space for the storage shares and generating a quota report. The quota report shows an assigned quota for each storage share and actual storage used by each storage share. The assigned quota indicates an amount of designated storage space for each storage share. The system also includes a storage provider for obtaining the quota report from the storage system and filtering the quota report based on storage shares that are managed by the storage provider. The storage provider modifies a quota for a storage share based on a client request and notifies the storage system of the modification.

主权项

1. A machine implemented method, comprising:
generating a quota report by a storage system that manages storage space for storage shares, wherein storage shares are selectively presented by a storage provider associated with storage sub-volume units that are part of a hierarchical logical structure having a storage volume managed by the storage system and at least a file share associated with one of the storage sub-volume units for storing data; wherein the quota report shows an assigned quota for each storage share and actual storage used by each storage share, and wherein each storage share is identified by a share name and includes a storage path for accessing storage space associated with each storage share; filtering the quota report by the storage provider based only on storage shares that are managed and presented by the storage provider based on storage sub-volume units, the storage provider comprising a first interface to communicate with a plurality of virtual machines via a management console and a second interface to communicate with the storage system for obtaining the quota report; monitoring storage space used for an assigned quota for a storage share presented by the storage provider and associated with a storage sub-volume unit, the assigned quota indicating storage space for the storage share and defining one or more attributes for the storage share, wherein the one or more attributes include de-duplication, mirroring and backup; modifying the assigned quota for the storage share based on a client request for a storage service level for the client, where a higher storage service level for the storage share associated with the storage sub-volume unit has a greater number of the one or more attributes than a lower service level; and notifying the storage system of the modification.