Abstract: An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to obtain a specification of one or more requirements for an input-output workload to be performed by one or more host devices utilizing one or more storage systems. The at least one processing device is also configured to select, based at least in part on the specified requirements for the input-output workload, at least one of a plurality of input-output software tools to utilize for performing at least a portion of the input-output workload, and to configure, based at least in part on the specified requirements for the input-output workload, at least one of the host devices and the storage systems to utilize the selected input-output software tool, to dynamically instantiate the selected input-output software tool on the at least one of the host devices and the storage systems, and to execute the input-output workload utilizing the selected input-output software tool.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device that includes a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device is configured to maintain for a first storage server one or more index tables characterizing data backed up from the first storage server to at least a second storage server, to receive a request to back up a particular data item from the first storage server to the second storage server, to access, responsive to the received request, a corresponding one of the one or more index tables characterizing data backed up from the first storage server to at least the second storage server, and to control backup of the particular data item based at least in part on one or more entries of the corresponding one of the one or more index tables. Backup of the particular data item is illustratively controlled using content-based identifiers in the corresponding index table.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device that includes a processor coupled to a memory. The at least one processing device is configured to maintain for a first storage system one or more index tables characterizing data archived from the first storage system to at least a second storage system, to receive a request to archive a particular data item from the first storage system to the second storage system, to access, responsive to the received request, a corresponding one of the one or more index tables characterizing data archived from the first storage system to at least the second storage system, and to control archiving of the particular data item based at least in part on one or more entries of the corresponding one of the one or more index tables. Archiving of the particular data item is illustratively controlled using content-based identifiers in the corresponding index table.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device that includes a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device is configured to maintain for a first storage server one or more index tables characterizing data backed up from the first storage server to at least a second storage server, to receive a request to back up a particular data item from the first storage server to the second storage server, to access, responsive to the received request, a corresponding one of the one or more index tables characterizing data backed up from the first storage server to at least the second storage server, and to control backup of the particular data item based at least in part on one or more entries of the corresponding one of the one or more index tables. Backup of the particular data item is illustratively controlled using content-based identifiers in the corresponding index table.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device that includes a processor coupled to a memory. The at least one processing device is configured to maintain for a first storage system one or more index tables characterizing data archived from the first storage system to at least a second storage system, to receive a request to archive a particular data item from the first storage system to the second storage system, to access, responsive to the received request, a corresponding one of the one or more index tables characterizing data archived from the first storage system to at least the second storage system, and to control archiving of the particular data item based at least in part on one or more entries of the corresponding one of the one or more index tables. Archiving of the particular data item is illustratively controlled using content-based identifiers in the corresponding index table.

Abstract: An apparatus in an illustrative embodiment comprises at least one processing device that includes a processor coupled to a memory. The at least one processing device is configured to maintain for a first storage system a plurality of index tables characterizing data replicated between the first storage system and respective ones of at least two or more additional storage systems, to receive a request to replicate a particular data item between the first storage system and a designated one of the two or more additional storage systems, to access, responsive to the received request, a corresponding one of the index tables characterizing data replicated between the first storage system and the designated one of the two or more additional storage systems, and to control replication of the particular data item based at least in part on one or more entries of the corresponding one of the index tables.

Abstract: An apparatus in an illustrative embodiment comprises at least one processing device that includes a processor coupled to a memory. The at least one processing device is configured to maintain for a first storage system a plurality of index tables characterizing data replicated between the first storage system and respective ones of at least two or more additional storage systems, to receive a request to replicate a particular data item between the first storage system and a designated one of the two or more additional storage systems, to access, responsive to the received request, a corresponding one of the index tables characterizing data replicated between the first storage system and the designated one of the two or more additional storage systems, and to control replication of the particular data item based at least in part on one or more entries of the corresponding one of the index tables.