ESTIMATING FILE LEVEL INPUT/OUTPUT OPERATIONS PER SECOND (IOPS)

A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying a storage volume comprising a plurality of files, calculating a file level input/output operations per second (IOPS) value for each of a subset of the plurality of files within the storage volume, creating a predictive model for the storage volume, using metadata determined for the subset of the plurality of files and the IOPS values calculated for each of the subset of the plurality of files within the storage volume, estimating file level IOPS values for each of the plurality of files in the storage volume, utilizing the predictive model, combining the estimated and calculated file level IOPS values and comparing the combined values to a calculated volume level IOPS value for the storage volume, conditionally adjusting one or more of the estimated file level IOPS values, based on the comparing, and returning the estimated file level IOPS values.