Systems and methods for modifying storage system configuration using artificial intelligence

1. A method for modifying configuration of a storage system using artificial intelligence, comprising:

storing an initial configuration of the storage system as configuration parameters;

collecting health information and parameter information related to the storage system over a period of time, wherein the health information comprises at least information about performance of the storage system;

analyzing the collected health information and the parameter information using machine learning by comparing the health and the parameter information to a set of goals of the storage system;

predicting upcoming events that may degrade performance of the storage system based on the collected health information and the parameter information;

determining that the storage system will not operate in accordance with the set of goals based on the upcoming events;

in response to determining that the storage system will not operate in accordance with the set of goals, generating parameter changes;

updating the configuration parameters with the parameter changes; and

applying the parameter changes to the storage system.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying a problem with the storage system by:

generating a set of rules based on the collected health information and the parameter information;

comparing the health information with the set of rules;

determining the problem with the storage system based on match between the health information and the set of rules.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether a usage scenario of the storage system has changed to a new usage scenario;

identifying one or more parameter changes that will increase performance of the storage system for the new usage scenario; and

applying the one or more parameter changes to the storage system.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating, based on the collected health information and the parameter information, a schedule of parameter changes for a future period of time; and

applying the parameter changes over the period of time.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the storage system is not operating in accordance with the set of goals further comprises one or more of:

determining that the storage system has not processed more than a predetermined threshold amount of requests within a predetermined time period;

determining that efficiency of the storage system is below a predetermined threshold efficiency value; and

determining that a current pattern of operation of the storage system is similar to a historical pattern of operation that degraded performance.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein configuration of the storage system comprises one or more of system level parameters, environmental level parameters and hardware level parameters.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the environmental level parameters comprise network protocol parameters.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the hardware level parameters comprise one or more of parameters of hard disk drive (HDD) controllers and parameters of RAID controllers.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing the configuration parameters in a persistent configuration parameter table.

10. A system for modifying configuration of a storage system using artificial intelligence, comprising:

a hardware processor configured to:

store an initial configuration of the storage system as configuration parameters;

collect health information and parameter information related to the storage system over a period of time, wherein the health information comprises at least information about performance of the storage system;

analyze the collected health information and the parameter information using machine learning by comparing the health and the parameter information to a set of goals of the storage system;

predict upcoming events that may degrade performance of the storage system based on the collected health information and the parameter information;

determine that the storage system will not operate in accordance with the set of goals based on the upcoming events;

in response to determining that the storage system will not operate in accordance with the set of goals, generate parameter changes;

update the configuration parameters with the parameter changes; and

apply the parameter changes to the storage system.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to identify a problem with the storage system by:

generating a set of rules based on the collected health information and the parameter information;

comparing the health information with the set of rules;

determining the problem with the storage system based on match between the health information and the set of rules.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

determine whether a usage scenario of the storage system has changed to a new usage scenario;

identify one or more parameter changes that will increase performance of the storage system for the new usage scenario; and

apply the one or more parameter changes to the storage system.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

generate, based on the collected health information and the parameter information, a schedule of parameter changes for a future period of time; and

apply the parameter changes over the period of time.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein determining that the storage system is not operating in accordance with the set of goals further comprises one or more of:

determining that the storage system has not processed more than a predetermined threshold amount of requests within a predetermined time period;

determining that efficiency of the storage system is below a predetermined threshold efficiency value; and

determining that a current pattern of operation of the storage system is similar to a historical pattern of operation that degraded performance.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein configuration of the storage system comprises one or more of system level parameters, environmental level parameters and hardware level parameters.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the environmental level parameters comprise network protocol parameters.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the hardware level parameters comprise one or more of parameters of hard disk drive (HDD) controllers and parameters of RAID controllers.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing instructions thereon for modifying configuration of a storage system using artificial intelligence, the instructions comprising:

storing an initial configuration of the storage system as configuration parameters;

collecting health information and parameter information related to the storage system over a period of time, wherein the health information comprises at least information about performance of the storage system;

analyzing the collected health information and the parameter information using machine learning by comparing the health and the parameter information to a set of goals of the storage system;

predicting upcoming events that may degrade performance of the storage system based on the collected health information and the parameter information;

determining that the storage system will not operate in accordance with the set of goals based on the upcoming events;

in response to determining that the storage system will not operate in accordance with the set of goals, generating parameter changes;

updating the configuration parameters with the parameter changes; and

applying the parameter changes to the storage system.