Resource utilization using normalized input/output (‘I/O’) operations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11972134-B2
Application number	US-202217574286-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2022
Priority date	Mar 5, 2018
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

Tracking resource utilization using normalized Input/Output (‘I/O’) operations, including: selecting, for each storage device of one or more storage devices, a corresponding group of input/output (I/O) operations; calculating, for each storage device of the one or more storage devices, a normalized I/O operations per second (IOPS) value based on the corresponding group of I/O operations and a size scalar; and generating a report based on the normalized IOPS value for each storage device of the one or more storage devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
selecting, for one or more storage devices, one or more groups of input/output (I/O) operations;
calculating, for the storage devices of the one or more storage devices, a normalized I/O operations per second (IOPS) value based on the corresponding group of I/O operations and a size scalar wherein the normalized IOPS value is calculated by dividing a size of each I/O operation by the size scalar;
determining that the normalized IOPS value is above a predefined normalized IOPS threshold for the one or more storage devices;
generating a cost to a user based on the determination that the normalized IOPS value is above the predefined normalized IOPS threshold for the one or more storage devices associated with the user; and
sending an alert to the user indicating the cost generated based on the determination that one or more normalized IOPS values for the storage devices associated with the user is above the predefined normalized IOPS threshold for the one or more storage devices.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating the normalized IOPS value comprises dividing a size of each I/O operation by the size scalar.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more storage devices correspond to a particular tenant of a storage system.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
calculating, for each storage device of the one or more storage devices, an effective storage usage; and
wherein the report further comprises the effective storage usage for each storage device of the one or more storage devices.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the report further comprises an effective storage limit for each storage device of the one or more storage devices.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
calculating, for each storage device of the one or more storage devices, a normalized bandwidth; and
wherein the report further comprises the effective storage usage for each storage device of the one or more storage devices.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the normalized IOPS value comprises an average normalized IOPS value.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the normalized IOPS value comprises a maximum IOPS value.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the report further comprises a normalized IOPS threshold for each storage device of the one or more storage devices.

10. An apparatus comprising a computer processor and a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:
selecting, for one or more storage devices, one or more groups of input/output (I/O) operations;
calculating, for the storage devices of the one or more storage devices, a normalized I/O operations per second (IOPS) value based on the corresponding group of I/O operations and a size scalar wherein the normalized IOPS value is calculated by dividing a size of each I/O operation by the size scalar;
determining that the normalized IOPS value is above a predefined normalized IOPS threshold for the one or more storage devices; generating a cost to a user based on the determination that the normalized IOPS value is above the predefined normalized IOPS threshold for the one or more storage devices associated with the user; and
sending an alert to the user indicating the cost generated based on the determination that one or more normalized IOPS values for the storage devices associated with the user is above the predefined normalized IOPS threshold for the one or more storage devices.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein calculating the normalized IOPS value comprises dividing a size of each I/O operation by the size scalar.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the one or more storage devices correspond to a particular tenant of a storage system.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the steps further comprise:
calculating, for each storage device of the one or more storage devices, an effective storage usage; and
wherein the report further comprises the effective storage usage for each storage device of the one or more storage devices.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the report further comprises an effective storage limit for each storage device of the one or more storage devices.

15. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the steps further comprise:
calculating, for each storage device of the one or more storage devices, a normalized bandwidth; and
wherein the report further comprises the effective storage usage for each storage device of the one or more storage devices.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the normalized IOPS value comprises an average normalized IOPS value.

17. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the normalized IOPS value comprises a maximum IOPS value.

18. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the report further comprises a normalized IOPS threshold for each storage device of the one or more storage devices.

19. A computer program product disposed upon a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
selecting, one or more storage devices, one or more groups of input/output (I/O) operations;
calculating, for the storage devices of the one or more storage devices, a normalized I/O operations per second (IOPS) value based on the corresponding group of I/O operations and a size scalar wherein the normalized FOPS value is calculated by dividing a size of each I/O operation by the size scalar;
determining that the normalized IOPS value is above a predefined normalized IOPS threshold for the one or more storage devices;
generating a cost to a user based on the determination that the normalized IOPS value is above the predefined normalized IOPS threshold for the one or more storage devices associated with the user; and
sending an alert to the user indicating the cost generated based on the determination that one or more normalized IOPS values for the storage devices associated with the user is above the predefined normalized IOPS threshold for the one or more storage devices.

20. The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein calculating the normalized IOPS value comprises dividing a size of each I/O operation by the size scalar.

Assignees

• Pure Storage Inc

Inventors

• Irwin Jonas
• Fay Matthew

Classifications

• G06F3/0653 Primary

  Monitoring storage devices or systems · CPC title

• G06F3/0604 Primary

  Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management · CPC title

• G06F3/0641

  De-duplication techniques · CPC title

• G06F3/0673

  Single storage device · CPC title

• G06F3/061

  Improving I/O performance · CPC title