A method comprises collecting data from a computing environment comprising one or more storage devices, wherein the data comprises information identifying assignments of the one or more storage devices to one or more servers in the computing environment. In the method, the data is analyzed using one or more machine learning algorithms, wherein the analyzing comprises predicting whether a given configuration of the one or more storage devices in combination with the one or more servers is a specified configuration. The method also includes generating a storage configuration recommendation for a user based on the analysis, and transmitting the storage configuration recommendation to the user.