public DatabaseInstance GenerateDatabaseInstance(ServerInstance serverInstance, List <DiskVolume> dataDiskVolumes, List <DiskVolume> logDiskVolumes, Slice slice, DatabaseVersion databaseVersion, string namePattern, string databaseNamePattern, double sizeFactor, bool generateFileGroups)
        {
            // --- Create the new database instance and set name
            DatabaseInstance ndi = new DatabaseInstance(databaseDefinition);

            ndi.ServerInstanceReference.Guid  = serverInstance.Guid;
            ndi.SliceReference.Guid           = slice.Guid;
            ndi.DatabaseVersionReference.Guid = databaseVersion.Guid;

            ndi.Name         = ExpressionProperty.ResolveExpression(ndi, namePattern);
            ndi.DatabaseName = ExpressionProperty.ResolveExpression(ndi, databaseNamePattern);

            ndi.Save();

            if (generateFileGroups)
            {
                ndi.ServerInstance.Machine.LoadDiskVolumes(false);

                databaseDefinition.LoadFileGroups(false);

                slice.LoadPartitions(false);
                List <Partition> partitions = new List <Partition>(slice.Partitions.Values.OrderBy(i => i.Number));
                List <FileGroup> filegroups = new List <FileGroup>(databaseDefinition.FileGroups.Values.OrderBy(i => i.Number));

                for (int fi = 0; fi < filegroups.Count; fi++)
                {
                    // --- Create data and "log" file groups ---
                    if (filegroups[fi].LayoutType == FileGroupLayoutType.Monolithic ||
                        filegroups[fi].FileGroupType == FileGroupType.Log)
                    {
                        DatabaseInstanceFileGroup nfg = new DatabaseInstanceFileGroup(ndi);
                        nfg.FileGroupType           = filegroups[fi].FileGroupType;
                        nfg.FileGroupName           = nfg.Name = filegroups[fi].FileGroupName;
                        nfg.FileGroupReference.Guid = filegroups[fi].Guid;
                        nfg.PartitionReference.Guid = Guid.Empty;
                        nfg.AllocatedSpace          = (long)(filegroups[fi].AllocatedSpace * sizeFactor);
                        nfg.Save();

                        nfg.GenerateInstanceFiles(dataDiskVolumes, sizeFactor);
                    }
                    else if (filegroups[fi].LayoutType == FileGroupLayoutType.Sliced)
                    {
                        for (int pi = 0; pi < partitions.Count; pi++)
                        {
                            DatabaseInstanceFileGroup nfg = new DatabaseInstanceFileGroup(ndi);
                            nfg.FileGroupType           = filegroups[fi].FileGroupType;
                            nfg.FileGroupName           = nfg.Name = string.Format("{0}_{1}", filegroups[fi].FileGroupName, pi);
                            nfg.FileGroupReference.Guid = filegroups[fi].Guid;
                            nfg.PartitionReference.Guid = partitions[pi].Guid;
                            nfg.AllocatedSpace          = (long)(filegroups[fi].AllocatedSpace * sizeFactor);
                            nfg.Save();

                            nfg.GenerateInstanceFiles(dataDiskVolumes, sizeFactor);
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        throw new NotImplementedException();
                    }
                }
            }

            return(ndi);
        }