ITR: Self-* Storage Systems

存储系统的人工管理（包括容量规划、备份、负载平衡等）是现代IT基础架构中一个日益严重的大问题;报告的每1- 10 TB存储1名系统管理员的比率对于即将出现的数PB数据中心来说是可怕的。本研究计划定义并探索了一种新的存储体系结构，该体系结构集成了自动化管理功能并简化了人工管理任务。 我们将符合系统称为自我存储系统，试图用一个单一的术语来捕捉许多最近的流行语;自我系统应该是自我配置，自我组织，自我调整，自我修复，自我管理等。人类管理员只提供组件添加和可接受的风险水平和当前满意度的指导。 借助公司结构中的组织理念以及人工智能和控制系统中的技术，自 * 存储应简化存储管理，提高可靠性并简化系统构建。

Human administration of storage systems (including capacity planning,back-up, load balancing, etc.) is a large and growing issue in modernIT infrastructures; reported ratios of 1 sysadmin per 1-10TB of storageare scary with multi-petabyte data centers on the horizon.This research program defines and explores a new storage architecturethat integrates automated management functions and simplifies the humanadministrative task. We refer to conforming systems as self-* storagesystems in an attempt to capture many recent buzzwords in a singlemeta-buzzword; self-* systems should be self-configuring, self-organizing,self-tuning, self-healing, self-managing, etc. Human administratorsprovide only muscle for component addition and guidance on acceptablerisk levels and current levels of satisfaction. Borrowing organizationalideas from corporate structure and technologies from AI and controlsystems, self-* storage should simplify storage administration, increasesystem robustness, and simplify system construction.