| 摘要 |
Systems and methods are provided for storage platform-independent storage provisioning. The systems and methods may include receiving a storage provisioning request from a user interface, processing the storage provisioning request to determine one or more of a plurality of storage resources utilized to complete the storage provisioning request, generating an instruction to provision a data storage space among the one or more of the plurality of storage resources, and provisioning the data storage space based on the instruction. Each of the plurality of storage resources may include an interface configuration, and at least two interface configurations are different from one another. Each of the plurality of storage resources may be accessible and operational in accordance with the interface configuration thereof. The processing of a storage provisioning request may include determining at least one of a nature of the storage provisioning request, or an application associated with the storage provisioning request. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method of provisioning network-attached storage, the method comprising:
receiving, with one or more processors, via a network, a storage provisioning request from a requesting computing device,
wherein the request specifies that storage is to be added and indicates an application for which the storage is to be provisioned, andwherein the request does not indicate which storage device is to be used to satisfy the request; after receiving the storage provisioning request, selecting, with one or more processors, a storage device from among a plurality of storage devices accessible via the network based on the application for which the storage is to be provisioned,
wherein the plurality of storage devices include storage devices having different interface configurations by which the respective storage devices are remotely commanded to provision storage; instructing, with one or more processors, a module configured to provide a unified interface to provision storage in the selected storage device for the requesting computing device,
wherein the instruction is provided to the unified interface, andwherein the unified interface provides a consistent interface across heterogeneous storage devices having disparate interface configurations; adapting, with one or more processors instantiating the module, the instruction to an interface configuration of the selected storage device; receiving, with one or more processors, via the network, a report indicating that the storage was successfully provisioned by the selected storage device, the report indicating an address of the provisioned storage; and sending, with one or more processors, via the network, to the requesting computing device, the address of the provisioned storage. |
