SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIERED DATA STORAGE IN A CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE ENVIRONMENT

摘要

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein are systems and methods for providing tiered data storage in cloud infrastructure environments. A data storage service (block store) is adapted to automatically adjust the manner by which the data for a data volume or block volume (data/block volume), associated with a cloud instance, can be stored to meet the requirements of a performance tier. For example, responsive to selection of a particular performance tier, the storage of the data/block volume can be allocated between a first type of data storage associated with a first performance characteristics; and a second type of data storage associated with a second performance characteristics. A graphical user interface enables configuring data/block volumes to use particular performance tiers, and/or to support automatic tuning.