1. A method for use in application aware cache management, the method comprising: receiving a cache management policy including one or more sets of device generic application best practices and one or more sets of device specific best practices; performing initial cache configuration processing in connection with configuring a cache of a data storage system, wherein said cache management policy is used in performing said initial cache configuration processing; identifying storage objects as being in use by an application; and performing application aware ongoing cache configuration processing in connection with configuring the cache of the data storage system for use with the storage objects, wherein the storage objects are used in connection with a request to provision storage of the data storage system for use by an application, wherein the request to provision storage for the application is mapped to a portion of the cache based on one or more application best practices.