A just-in-time storage allocation is initiated for storage at a remote storage device having storage disks. Each of multiple containers comprises a grouping of one or more of the storage disks. The just-in-time storage allocation includes an application profile that includes a priority criteria for the storage of either a priority of performance over efficiency or a priority of efficiency over performance A determination is made of whether at least one container of the multiple containers satisfies the priority criteria based on at least one attribute of the at least one container. The storage is allocated in the at least one container, in response to the at least one container satisfying the priority criteria.