Abstract: With the present invention means are provided for automatically managing a storage infrastructure with a plurality of storage components in compliance with consumer service level objectives (SLOs). Therefore, the claimed method comprises: automated identification of available storage components, which are appropriate for storing consumer data under consideration of specified service level objectives (SLOs); automated mapping of said consumer SLO policies to said available storage components to select available storage components for specified data classes; and automated configuration of said selected storage components according to said mapping of consumer SLO policies.

Abstract: A direct write and laser delete system for making engineering changes in which top surface metal C4 pads each has a small satellite pad connected to it by a short connecting line that is deleted if an engineering change is to be made. Vias connect the satellite pads to a "personality" wiring layer in the module. A top surface grid of line segments allows any C4 pad to be connected to a point outside the chip boundary by means of one or more short direct write lines. There is one global X and Y engineering change grid on respective X and Y thin-film layers and another global X and Y engineering change grid on respective X and Y multi-layer ceramic module layers. All of these varied patterns are connected to lines with each chip pitch boundary where direct write connections can be made, and a grid line can be interrupted by a laser deletion of a top surface metal line.