What is relationShip between IOPS values Id and in Storage Size ID in Endurance Storage .?

Question

I got confused while placing order for Endurance. As we have these three values for Storage Package :-

0.25_IOPS_PER_GB = 45074

2_IOPS_PER_GB = 45084

Answer 1

• When executing this request:

  https://[username]:[apikey]@api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/SoftLayer_Product_Package/240/getItems?objectMask=mask[attributes.value,itemCategory.categoryCode,keyName,description]&objectFilter={   "items": {     "itemCategory": {       "categoryCode": {         "operation": "storage_tier_level"       }     }   } }
  
  Method: GET
  

We can see that the Storage Packages have attribute valuescan help us to get a relation between Storage Package and Storage Size. For example the response shows us:

0.25 IOPS per GB --> "value": "100"

2 IOPS per GB--> "value": "200"

4 IOPS per GB--> "value": "300"

• And when executing the below request to get valid prices for Endurance filtering by “Storage Size”:

  https://[username]:[apikey]@api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/SoftLayer_Product_Package/240/getItemPrices?objectMask=mask[id,item[keyName,description],pricingLocationGroup[locations[id, name, longName]],categories.categoryCode,attributes[itemPriceAttributeType,value]]&objectFilter={   "itemPrices": {     "categories": {       "categoryCode": {         "operation": "performance_storage_space"       }     },     "locationGroupId": {       "operation": "is null"     }   } }
  
  Method: GET
  

The response shows us the "CAPACITY_RESTRICTION_MIN" and "CAPACITY_RESTRICTION_MAX"of Storage Size related to Storage Packages.

For example: “100 GB Storage Space” (id = 45234) should work successfully when creating an order with "4 IOPS per GB" ( "value": "300"). Below is a section of response:

Response:

{
"id": 45234
"attributes": [3]
0:  {
"value": "300"
"itemPriceAttributeType": {
"id": 21
"keyname": "CAPACITY_RESTRICTION_MIN"
}-
}-
1:  {
"value": "300"
"itemPriceAttributeType": {
"id": 22
"keyname": "CAPACITY_RESTRICTION_MAX"
}-
}-
2:  {
"value": "STORAGE_TIER_LEVEL"
"itemPriceAttributeType": {
"id": 24
"keyname": "CAPACITY_RESTRICTION_TYPE"
}-
}-
-
"categories": [1]
0:  {
"categoryCode": "performance_storage_space"
}-
-
"item": {
"description": "100 GB Storage Space"
"keyName": "100_GB_PERFORMANCE_STORAGE_SPACE"
}-
}

This is a verifyOrder example using the previous values:

https://[username]:[apikey]@api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/SoftLayer_Product_Order/verifyOrder

Method: POST

Json Payload:

{
  "parameters": [
    {
      "location": 37473,  #Washington 1
      "packageId": 240,
      "osFormatType": {
        "id": 12,
        "keyName": "LINUX"
      },
      "complexType": "SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Network_Storage_Enterprise",
      "prices": [
        {
          "id": 45064   # Endurance Storage
        },
        {
          "id": 45104   # Block Storage
        },
        {
          "id": 45094   # Storage Tier Level: 4 IOPS per GB
        },
        {
          "id": 45234   # performance_storage_space: 100 GB Storage Space
        },
        {
          "id": 46176   # Storage Snapshot Space: 10 GB Storage Space
        }
      ],
      "quantity": 1
    }
  ]
}

Update 1:

To get valid values using SoftLayer_Product_Package::getItemPrices with a relation of between Storage Package and Storage Size, please see:

https://[username]:[apikey]@api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/SoftLayer_Product_Package/240/getItemPrices?objectMask=mask[id,item[keyName,description],pricingLocationGroup[locations[id, name, longName]],categories.categoryCode,attributes[itemPriceAttributeType,value]]&objectFilter={   "itemPrices": {     "attributes": {       "value": {         "operation": 300       }     },     "categories": {       "categoryCode": {         "operation": "performance_storage_space"       }     },     "locationGroupId": {       "operation": "is null"     }   } }

Method: GET

Where: The response will display “Storage Package” item prices (categoryCode":"performance_storage_space"`) that can be used when selecting "4 IOPS per GB" (‘"value":300’).