A storage administrator has created a ruleset to determine the appropriate storage tier when storing new data in a tiered storage solution. The administrator notes later that the default tier is recei

Adding a new storage tier will not resolve the issue of existing rules being incorrectly applied or ordered, as the problem lies with the current ruleset's logic, not tier availability.

In rule-based systems, rules are often processed in a specific order, and if a broad or default rule is placed too high, it can catch all incoming data before more specific rules have a chance to be evaluated, directing everything to the default tier.

Enlarging the capacity of the default tier addresses a capacity problem, not a misconfiguration in the ruleset that is causing all data to be routed to that tier inappropriately.

Eliminating the default rule without first understanding why it's being hit for all data could lead to data being un-tiered or improperly handled if no other rules match.