Storage Networking Industry Association

1. DMTF APTS Update July 24, 2012 Storage NetworkingIndustry Association

2. Agenda • Overview of SNIA • Technical Highlights • Recent Technical News • Additional Resources

3. Voice of the storage industry representing approximately$50-60B in worldwide revenue for hardware and software Founded in 1997 as a non-profit trade association SNIA is an international consortia with affiliates world-wide ANZ, Brazil, China, Europe, India, Japan, Malaysia, South Asia Technology Center activities in Colorado Focus on education, conferences, specifications / standards, software, industry alliances, best practices, plug-fests, and conformance testing for SNIA specifications Co-owner of Storage Networking World (SNW) conference with Computerworld/IDG Enterprise: USA, Europe, China Produces the annual Storage Developer Conference and other hot topic conferences (e.g. Cloud, Data Protection, Big Data) A collaborative environment and serves as global contributors toward the advancement of standards, education, and innovation in the storage and information management industry SNIA At A Glance www.snia.org

4. SNIA Track Record on Technical Work • DDF Specification • Storage Security Best Practices, correlates to CISSP professional certification • Solid State Storage Performance Measurement Specification, improves industry use case expectations • Green Storage Energy Measurement Specification, input to upcoming EPA ENERGY STAR Specification • CDMI Specification • CDMI Reference Implementation • SMI-S Specification - ANSI INCITS 388-2011, ISO/IEC 24775:2007 • MMA Specification - ANSI INCITS 412-2006, ISO/IEC 11002:2008 • IMA Specification - ANSI INCITS 411-2007) • HBA API, transferred to T11 • XAM Specification - ANSI INCITS 464-2010 • XAM SDK, NDMP SDK

5. SNIA Technical Work Groups

6. Cloud Storage

7. SNIA Cloud Storage Activities • Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) • The Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) defines the functional interface that applications can use to create, retrieve, update and delete data elements from the Cloud. As part of this interface, the client can discover the capabilities of the cloud storage offering and use this interface to manage containers and the data that is placed in them. In addition, metadata can be set on containers and their contained data elements through this interface. • CDMI Reference Implementation • Java based, uses any POSIX filesystem • Open Source License (BSD) • Cloud Plugfests • Plugfests held to test CDMI and OCCI implementations

8. Future feature candidates for CDMI • CIMI • Copy Range • Data Affinity • Domain Auth Methods • Domain Summary for Bandwidth • Expiring ACE • Fixity Metadata • Group Storage System Metadata • Jobs • Maximum Value Transferred • Multi-part MIME • OVF Extension • Self-Storage Management • Versioning CDMI • Other miscellaneous items – suggest more!

9. Green Storage

10. Green Storage Activities • Green Storage Power Efficiency Measurement Specification • Identifies metrics by which energy consumption and efficiency of storage networking products can be measured for the purposes of new product development, end-user customer evaluation, and regulatory standards development. • EPA Energy Star Program • SNIA is actively engaged with the EPA ENERGY STAR Program on development of an ENERGY STAR Data Center Storage Specification. • SNIA Emerald Program • GSI (Green Storage Initiative) has developed a test methodology and metric for measuring the power used by storage systems.

11. Solid State Storage

12. Solid State Storage Activities • Solid State Storage Performance Test Specification • The SNIA has developed methods which enable manufacturers to set, and customers to compare, the performance specifications of Solid State Storage devices, which are evolving with the state of the technology. These specifications define a set of device level tests and methodologies which enable comparative testing of Solid State Storage devices for Enterprise and Client systems.

13. Storage Management

14. Storage Management Initiative • Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) • SMI-S 1.6.0 has been published • http://www.snia.org/smis • SMI-S 1.5.0 has gone to ISO to become the next International version • Work on SMI-S 1.6 Addenda are in progress • Work on SMI-S 2.0 has begun • Supports the use of any WBEM protocol • SMI-S and DMTF • SMI-S provides management of storage using WBEM and CIM Schema • E.g., SMI-S 1.5.0 was based on CIM 2.23 and SMI-S 1.6.0 is based on CIM 2.29 • SMI-S uses or specializes a number of DMTF Profiles • E.g., PRP, Base Server, Fan, Power Supply, Indications, etc • A number of DMTF Profiles reference SMI-S Profiles • E.g., Disk Drive Diagnostics, System Virtualization, etc.

15. SMI-S Implementation Support • SMI-Lab Program • Provides a lab environment and a community that supports SMI-S implementation bring-up and interoperability testing • Members are encouraged to install and maintain SMI-S enabled equipment in SMI-Lab, for local use and for remote use via VPN • Plugfest events are held several times a year to allow vendors to collaborate on interoperability issues in a lab environment • Conformance Test Program (CTP) • Provides an impartial validation that an SMI-S implementation passes an established set of tests for an identified set of SMI-S profiles • Passing implementations are certified and listed on the public web site • http://www.snia.org/ctp • Testing for up to SMI-S 1.5 functionality is now available

16. Recent Technical News

17. SNIA Technical NewsNew Technical Work Groups • Linear Tape File System (LTFS) TWG • The Linear Tape File System Technical Work Group works on the development of SNIA Architecture related to the on-tape format for LTFS. • Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Programming TWG • The NVM Programming TWG was created for the purpose of accelerating availability of software enabling NVM (Non–Volatile Memory) hardware. The TWG creates specifications which provide guidance to operating system, device driver, and application developers. These specifications are vendor agnostic and support all the NVM technologies of member companies. • Additional Information • tcmd@snia.org

18. SNIA Technical News New Standards Published • Solid State Storage Performance Test Specification Client v1.1 • The SNIA has developed methods which enable manufacturers to set, and customers to compare, the performance specifications of Solid State Storage devices, which are evolving with the state of the technology. These specifications define a set of device level tests and methodologies which enable comparative testing of Solid Sate Storage devices for Enterprise and Client systems. • http://www.snia.org/pts

19. SNIA Technical News New Standards Published • Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.6 rev 4 • SMI-S defines a method for the interoperable management of a heterogeneous Storage Area Network (SAN), and describes the information available to a WBEM Client from an SMI-S compliant CIM Server and an object-oriented, XML-based, messaging-based interface designed to support the specific requirements of managing devices in and through SANs • http://www.snia.org/smis

20. SNIA Technical News New Standards Published • Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) v1.0.2 • The Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) defines the functional interface that applications will use to create, retrieve, update and delete data elements from the Cloud. As part of this interface the client will be able to discover the capabilities of the cloud storage offering and use this interface to manage containers and the data that is placed in them. In addition, metadata can be set on containers and their contained data elements through this interface. • Currently going through final ISO approval ballot! • http://www.snia.org/cdmi

21. SNIA Technical NewsTechnical White Paper Published • Architectural Model for Data Integrity v1.0 • This document describes a model for how data integrity can be protected between an Application client and a storage device. If all nodes in an implementation follow this model then there will be end-to-end data protection for the following class of data integrity errors: silent data corruption, wrong address on device and buffer corruption. • http://snia.org/tech_activities/standards/whitepapers

22. SNIA Technical NewsNew Public Review Releases • DRAFT CDMI Extensions and Profiles • The Cloud Storage TWG is adding new functionality to CDMI by publishing individual extensions the CDMI standard. These can be implemented as needed in conjunction with a CDMI implementation to add new functionality before the next release of CDMI. As implementation experience is gained and interoperable implementations are tested, these extensions will be made part of the next release of CDMI. In addition the TWG is publishing profiles of CDMI that scope it down to specific use cases based on different types of clouds. • Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.6 Addenda • SMI-S defines a method for the interoperable management of a heterogeneous Storage Area Network (SAN), and describes the information available to a WBEM Client from an SMI-S compliant CIM Server and an object-oriented, XML-based, messaging-based interface designed to support the specific requirements of managing devices in and through SANs. www.snia.org/publicreview

23. SNIA Technical NewsPCIe SSD Taskforce • PCIe SSD Taskforce • Charter • Provide guidance to the marketplace on PCIe SSDs. This can take the form of educational materials, best practices documents and SNIA standards. • Coordinate with other industry organizations involved in PCIe SSD-related activities. Stay consistent with the messaging developed by these organizations and do not reinvent materials, when such materials already exist and are accessible. • The Taskforce is structured as an open industry forum for the initial 90 days of existence, and thereafter as a SSSI committee. No NDA is required and thus no confidential information should be shared amongst the members of the taskforce. • Taskforce is investigating potential areas of new technical work • http://www.snia.org/forums/sssi/pcie

24. Storage Developer Conference 2012Save the Date! Conference Dates: September 17-20, 2012Conference Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Santa Clara, CA Now in its ninth year, and again expected to draw more than 300 developers and engineers, the Storage Developer Conference (SDC) is the only event created by storage developers for storage developers. SDC provides the information and know-how to further advance solutions with features that shorten time to market for a developed solution, increase acceptability and interoperability in production environments, and help participants understand where storage technologies are heading. In addition, plans are being finalized for another successful CIFS/SMB/2/3 Plugfest and Cloud Plugfest. Where the Storage Development Community Connects! www.storagedeveloper.org

25. Important SNIA Links • Standards Portfolio: http://www.snia.org/standards/ • Software Portfolio: http://www.snia.org/software/ • Public Review Page: http://www.snia.org/publicreview/ • Public Feedback Portal: http://www.snia.org/feedback/ • SNIA Dictionary: http://www.snia.org/dictionary/ • Cloud Activity News: http://www.snia.org/cloud/ • I/O Traces, Tools and Analysis Repository: http://iotta.snia.org • Storage Developer Conference: http://www.storagedeveloper.org

26. SNIA Meetings at DMTF APTS • NVM Programming TWG • Tuesday • Green Storage TWG • Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday • Cloud Storage TWG • Wednesday, Thursday and Friday • SMI-S Technical Steering Group (TSG) • Tuesday and Wednesday

27. Questions?