1. A method of locally providing cloud storage array services for a storage array of a data center when the storage array is not connected to a remote cloud-based storage array services provider, the data center including a plurality of storage arrays, including a primary storage array, the method comprising: initiating, by the primary storage array, one or more cloud storage array services, including selecting, by the primary storage array in dependence upon workload characteristics of each of the plurality of storage arrays, one of the plurality of storage arrays to host the one or more cloud storage array services; and locally providing the cloud storage array services including: generating, by the cloud storage array services, metadata describing one or more real-time storage array characteristics; and presenting the metadata to a user through a local area network.