1. A method for identifying a standard configuration, comprising: calculating a plurality of configuration fingerprints for a plurality of storage systems, a configuration fingerprint is a numerical value that represents information about a configuration for one or more components of a storage system; building a result set that includes the plurality of configuration fingerprints for the plurality of storage systems; identifying a plurality of standard configurations for the plurality of storage systems from the result set based on the plurality of configuration fingerprints; determining that a first storage system from the plurality of storage systems meets a first standard configuration from the plurality of standard configurations; and creating metadata within the first storage system that describes the first standard configuration.