Automated storage system performance validation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11954511-B2
Application number	US-202117232878-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2021
Priority date	Apr 16, 2021
Publication date	Apr 9, 2024
Grant date	Apr 9, 2024

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automated storage system performance validation are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining user input pertaining to performance testing associated with one or more storage systems deployed in at least one user environment; generating, based at least in part on the obtained user input, a storage system performance test deployment environment comprising at least one controller and at least one data collection mechanism; executing, using the storage system performance test deployment environment, at least one performance test on at least a portion of the one or more storage systems deployed in the at least one user environment; and performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on results from the at least one executed performance test.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining user input pertaining to performance testing associated with one or more storage systems deployed in at least one user environment;
generating, based at least in part on the obtained user input, a storage system performance test deployment environment comprising at least one controller and at least one data collection mechanism;
executing, using the storage system performance test deployment environment, at least one performance test on at least a portion of the one or more storage systems deployed in the at least one user environment; and
performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on results from the at least one executed performance test, wherein performing one or more automated actions comprises removing at least portions of the storage system performance test deployment environment from the at least one user environment subsequent to the at least one executed performance test;
wherein the method is performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the storage system performance test deployment environment comprises creating at least one test network, deploying the at least one controller within the at least one test network, creating at least one database in connection with the at least one controller, implementing one or more worker nodes and connecting the one or more worker nodes to the at least one controller, and configuring the at least one data collection mechanism in connection with the at least one controller.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more worker nodes comprise one or more hyper-converged nodes implemented as one or more virtual machines.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more worker nodes comprise one or more storage-only nodes implemented as at least one user-defined process.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein performing one or more automated actions comprises performing one or more configuration modifications to at least a portion of the one or more storage systems.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one performance test comprises one or more workloads, defined based at least in part on the obtained user input, pertaining to measuring at least one expected level of performance given one or more constraints of the one or more storage systems.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein performing one or more automated actions comprises modifying at least a portion of the at least one performance test.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein performing one or more automated actions comprises troubleshooting at least one aspect of performance of the one or more storage systems.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein performing one or more automated actions comprises establishing one or more performance benchmark for use in monitoring one or more changes in storage system behavior.

10. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device:
to obtain user input pertaining to performance testing associated with one or more storage systems deployed in at least one user environment;
to generate, based at least in part on the obtained user input, a storage system performance test deployment environment comprising at least one controller and at least one data collection mechanism;
to execute, using the storage system performance test deployment environment, at least one performance test on at least a portion of the one or more storage systems deployed in the at least one user environment; and
to perform one or more automated actions based at least in part on results from the at least one executed performance test, wherein performing one or more automated actions comprises removing at least portions of the storage system performance test deployment environment from the at least one user environment subsequent to the at least one executed performance test.

11. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein generating the storage system performance test deployment environment comprises creating at least one test network, deploying the at least one controller within the at least one test network, creating at least one database in connection with the at least one controller, implementing one or more worker nodes and connecting the one or more worker nodes to the at least one controller, and configuring the at least one data collection mechanism in connection with the at least one controller.

12. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the one or more worker nodes comprise at least one of one or more hyper-converged nodes implemented as one or more virtual machines, and one or more storage-only nodes implemented as at least one user-defined process.

13. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein performing one or more automated actions comprises performing one or more configuration modifications to at least a portion of the one or more storage systems.

14. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;
the at least one processing device being configured:
to obtain user input pertaining to performance testing associated with one or more storage systems deployed in at least one user environment;
to generate, based at least in part on the obtained user input, a storage system performance test deployment environment comprising at least one controller and at least one data collection mechanism;
to execute, using the storage system performance test deployment environment, at least one performance test on at least a portion of the one or more storage systems deployed in the at least one user environment; and
to perform one or more automated actions based at least in part on results from the at least one executed performance test, wherein performing one or more automated actions comprises removing at least portions of the storage system performance test deployment environment from the at least one user environment subsequent to the at least one executed performance test.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein generating the storage system performance test deployment environment comprises creating at least one test network, deploying the at least one controller within the at least one test network, creating at least one database in connection with the at least one controller, implementing one or more worker nodes and connecting the one or more worker nodes to the at least one controller, and configuring the at least one data collection mechanism in connection with the at least one controller.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the one or more worker nodes comprise at least one of one or more hyper-converged nodes implemented as one or more virtual machines, and one or more storage-only nodes implemented as at least one user-defined process.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein performing one or more automated actions comprises performing one or more configuration modifications to at least a portion of the one or more storage systems.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein performing one or more automated actions comprises modifying at least a portion of the at

Assignees

• Emc Ip Holding Co Llc

Inventors

• Moran John
• Trudel Christopher
• Sharma Anurag

Classifications

• G06F11/3698 Primary

  Environments for analysis, debugging or testing of software · CPC title

• G06F9/45558 Primary

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title

• G06F11/3034

  where the computing system component is a storage system, e.g. DASD based or network based (digital input from or digital output to record carriers G06F3/06; digital recording or reproducing G11B20/18; for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097) · CPC title

• G06F11/3409

  for performance assessment · CPC title

• G06F11/3428

  Benchmarking · CPC title