US Patent 11340837 Storage system management via a remote console

Providing volumes as a service, including: receiving a request to create a volume; determining whether a storage pool that includes one or more cloud-based storage systems includes sufficient resources for provisioning the volume; responsive to determining that the storage pool includes sufficient resources for provisioning the volume, create a volume that is supported by one or more of the cloud-based storage systems in the storage pool; and responsive to determining that the storage pool does not includes sufficient resources for provisioning the volume, expanding the resources that are included in the storage pool.