Machine learning-based recommendation engine for storage system usage within an enterprise
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for implementing a machine learning-based recommendation engine for storage system usage within an enterprise are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes processing input data pertaining to multiple storage systems within an enterprise; determining association rules applicable to the multiple storage systems by applying machine learning techniques to the processed input data; generating configuration-related recommendations applicable to one or more of the storage systems by applying content filtering techniques to the determined association rules; and outputting, via user interfaces, the configuration-related recommendations to a user for use in connection with storage system configuration actions and/or an entity within the enterprise for use in connection with user-support actions.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
processing input data pertaining to multiple storage systems within an enterprise, wherein processing the input data comprises performing feature engineering steps on at least a portion of the input data, the feature engineering steps comprising imputing one or more items of missing data and converting one or more items of numerical data to one or more items of categorical data;
determining one or more association rules applicable to at least a portion of the multiple storage systems by applying one or more machine learning techniques to the processed input data;
generating at least one configuration-related recommendation applicable to one or more of the multiple storage systems by applying one or more content filtering techniques to the one or more determined association rules; and
outputting, via one or more user interfaces, the at least one configuration-related recommendation to one or more of a user for use in connection with one or more storage system configuration actions and an entity within the enterprise for use in connection with one or more user-support actions;
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 applying the one or more machine learning techniques to the processed input data comprises applying at least one market basket analysis technique to the processed input data to determine relationships among storage system configuration data contained within the processed input data.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein determining the one or more association rules is based at least in part on user support values associated with a given storage system configuration and one or more confidence scores related thereto.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more machine learning techniques comprises an apriori algorithm.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein performing the feature engineering steps comprises cleaning at least a portion of the input data.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein processing the input data comprises processing a portion of the input data encompassing a given temporal period.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the input data comprise storage system configuration data associated with the multiple storage systems.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the input data comprise storage system operations data associated with the multiple storage systems.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the input data comprise storage system heuristic-based health scores associated with the multiple storage systems.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the input data comprise user service request counts associated with the multiple storage systems.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
automatically configuring at least one of the storage systems by performing at least a portion of the one or more storage system configuration actions.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
automatically performing at least a portion of the one or more user-support actions by updating at least one data structure associated with one or more users and one or more of the storage structures.
13. 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 process input data pertaining to multiple storage systems within an enterprise, wherein processing the input data comprises performing feature engineering steps on at least a portion of the input data, the feature engineering steps comprising imputing one or more items of missing data and converting one or more items of numerical data to one or more items of categorical data;
to determine one or more association rules applicable to at least a portion of the multiple storage systems by applying one or more machine learning techniques to the processed input data;
to generate at least one configuration-related recommendation applicable to one or more of the multiple storage systems by applying one or more content filtering techniques to the one or more determined association rules; and
to output, via one or more user interfaces, the at least one configuration-related recommendation to one or more of a user for use in connection with one or more storage system configuration actions and an entity within the enterprise for use in connection with one or more user-support actions.
14. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein applying the one or more machine learning techniques to the processed input data comprises applying at least one market basket analysis technique to the processed input data to determine relationships among storage system configuration data contained within the processed input data.
15. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein determining the one or more association rules is based at least in part on user support values associated with a given storage system configuration and one or more confidence scores related thereto.
16. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the one or more machine learning techniques comprises an apriori algorithm.
17. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;
the at least one processing device being configured:
to process input data pertaining to multiple storage systems within an enterprise, wherein processing the input data comprises performing feature engineering steps on at least a portion of the input data, the feature engineering steps comprising imputing one or more items of missing data and converting one or more items of numerical data to one or more items of categorical data;
to determine one or more association rules applicable to at least a portion of the multiple storage systems by applying one or more machine learning techniques to the processed input data;
to generate at least one configuration-related recommendation applicable to one or more of the multiple storage systems by applying one or more content filtering techniques to the one or more determined association rules; and
to output, via one or more user interfaces, the at least one configuration-related recommendation to one or more of a user for use in connection with one or more storage system configuration actions and an entity within the enterprise for use in connection with one or more user-support actions.
18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein applying the one or more machine learning techniques to the processed input data comprises applying at least one market basket analysis technique to the processed input data to determine relationships among storage system configuration data contained within the processed input data.
19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein determining the one or more association rules is based at least in part on user support values associated with a given storage system configuration and one or more confidence scores related thereto.
20. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the at least one processing device is further configured:
to automatically configure at least one of the storage systems by performing at least a portion of the one or more storage system configuration actions.