Distributed Storage Load Balancer with Automated Migration

The system performs self-service by automatically monitoring storage array loads, identifying imbalances, selecting candidate objects for migration, and executing migrations without human intervention. The load balancer continuously gathers performance metrics, computes normalized load metrics, and autonomously makes decisions about which disk images or logical groups of files to migrate between storage arrays, eliminating the need for manual observation and decision-making processes.

The system handles diverse vendor configurations by normalizing performance metrics through parameter transformation. It collects raw performance data from storage arrays of different vendors, applies vendor-specific normalization factors and algorithms to convert these metrics into a common standardized format, and then performs load balancing comparisons. This allows the system to work with heterogeneous storage infrastructure while maintaining consistent load balancing logic across all arrays regardless of vendor or configuration differences.