1. A method for managing data stored in a storage architecture comprising a plurality of logical storage areas in at least one storage device, the storage architecture shared by a plurality of customers such that more than one customer is assigned storage on any single storage device, the method comprising: receiving from one of the plurality of customers a request for additional storage within the storage architecture; determining which of the plurality of logical storage areas are not assigned to any of the plurality of customer; displaying to the one customer a list of the unassigned logical storage areas; and assigning at least one of the unassigned logical storage areas to the one of the plurality of customers.