Abstract: Evaluating storage options includes identifying workload descriptors associated with a storage instance, where each workload descriptor corresponds to a data characteristic, and where the storage instance has one or more storage attributes. For each workload descriptor of the plurality of workload descriptors a workload descriptor is selected. A weight and a workload parameter value is associated with the selected workload descriptor, where the weight represents an impact of the workload parameter value on a storage attribute of the storage instance. One or more storage options are evaluated in accordance with the weight and the workload parameter value. A storage option from the one or more storage options is determined for the storage instance according to the evaluation of the one or more storage options.