1. A method of locally providing cloud storage array services for a storage array of a data center, wherein: the data center comprises a plurality of storage arrays and each storage array is coupled only to one or more local networks; the method comprising: initiating, on at least one of the plurality of storage arrays, 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 at least one of the one or more local networks.