1. A method for storage management in a cloud computing system, said method comprising: identifying locations of storage components in the cloud computing system; identifying storage properties of the storage components, the storage properties including at least one of an amount of available storage space and a cost of storage space; and generating a storage quota for a user of the cloud computing system with a cloud quota management module, the storage quota being generated based on the locations of the storage components and the storage properties of the storage components.