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A method includes (a) receiving workload data for a data storage system, the data storage system having a plurality of processing cores, the data storage system being configured to operate according to any of a plurality of profiles, each of the plurality of profiles having a respective assignment of respective cores of the plurality of cores to particular storage roles of the data storage system, (b) for each profile of the plurality of profiles, simulating operation of the data storage system running a workload based on the received workload data using the assignment of respective cores of the plurality of cores to particular storage roles for that profile, thereby producing a set of utilization scores, (c) selecting a profile of the plurality of profiles based on the set of utilization scores, and (d) outputting an indication of the selected profile for use by the data storage system.
