Storage Networking Industry Association

Technical Activities Update

Various Activities

Storage Management Initiative (SMI-S)http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/standards/curr_standards/smi/

Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI)http://www.snia.org/forums/sssi/

Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF)http://www.snia.org/forums/esf/

Green Storage Initiative (GSI)http://www.snia.org/forums/green/

Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI)http://www.snia.org/forums/csi/

PRESENTATION TITLE GOES HEREStorage Management Initiative -

Specifications

SMI and SMI-Lab Members

SMI Events

SNIA Symposiums

Technical Symposiums

SNW Spring and SNW Fall

Storage Developers Conference

Management Developers Conference

SMI-Lab Plugfests

General Direction/Objectives forSMI Committees in 2011

Technical Development CommitteeProvide ongoing support for SMI-S spec developmentDevelop a template and process for SMI-S AddendaSupport SMI Technical Steering Group (TSG) planning for SMI-S Version 2 development

Conformance CommitteeRelease Conformance Testing Program (CTP) 1.5 and start work on CTP 1.6Get vendors to take a current version of CTPFocus on refinements and SMI-S Addenda after CTP 1.6Get Client feedback for what would increase CTP valueIncrease SMI TSG and SMI-Lab involvement with CTP activity

Key SMI Goals

Help SMI-S implementations catch upSMI-S development slows (but does not stop) after SMI-S 1.6

Transition SMI focus from development to promotionShift from growing the SMI-S spec to increasing adoption, implementation and compliance (for a consistent ecosystem)

Emphasize current CTP results and get users to look for them

Foster a consistent SMI-S ecosystem for ClientsEncourage Provider vendors to move to a current version of SMI-S

Raise the level of SMI-S that Clients can expect to work with

Expand SMI to be about storage management in generalSupport other groups, like Green, SSS, Cloud, etc

Maintain focus on SMI-S, while acknowledging that not everything is covered by SMI-S

Top Projects

Enhance Marketing ActivitiesMaintain current efforts

Including interactions with other SNIA groups

Plan improvements based upon findings

Spec Development CoordinationEnsure SMI-S 1.6 is done in expected time frameInitiate activities for developing SMI-S AddendaCoordinate INCITS and ISO interactions

SMI-S 1.3 became a new ANSI standard last FebruarySMI-S 1.1 became a new ISO standard last March

Ensure on-going feedback from SMI-Lab Plugfests

SMI-S Timeline for INCITS and ISO

PRESENTATION TITLE GOES HERESolid State Storage Initiative

SSSI Members

ATTO TechnologyBiTMICRO NetworksCalypso SystemsCoughlin AssociatesDellEMCFujitsu Fusion-ioHPIBMIntelLSIMarvell SemiconductorMicron Technology

NetAppObjective AnalysisPatniPliant TechnologyPMC-SierraSamsungSanDiskSilverton ConsultingSMART ModularTexas Memory SystemsToshibaViolin MemoryWeb-Feet ResearchXiotech

Recent Accomplishments

Four white papersSSS Performance Test Specification white paperSSS Performance Case StudyStorage Pairing (HDD+SSD)Performance Benchmarking

First edition of SSS GlossaryTwo webcasts

SSD performance testing Combining flash and HDDs in computershttp://www.snia.org/forums/sssi/knowledge/education/SSSI Blog at http://www.sniasssiblog.org/

PCIe SSDs

New area of interest for SSSIPCIe SSDs are currently card-based and utilize proprietary O/S driversMultiple activities ongoing to standardize PCIe SSDs

SSD Form Factor Working Group2.5-inch FF, modified SAS/SATA connector

Non Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface (NVMHCI) groupNVM Express (NVMe) enables standard O/S driver for Enterprise and Client PCIe SSDs

T10 (ANSI/INCITS SAS committee) SCSI over PCIe proposal overlaps NVMeTask force is trying to reconcile competing proposals

PCIe SSDs in standard card & HDD form factors with standard O/S drivers will achieve greater market shareSSSI will publish regular updates and educational materials to ensure that users understand these important standards

SSS Performance Test Specification

Main Focus of SSSI & SSS TWG

Establishing a standard for measuring the performance of Solid State Storage Devices

Current manufacturer specs are based on different assumptions and cannot be fairly compared

Specific to NAND Flash-based SSS (SSD)Flash has unique performance characteristicsSpecific preparation procedure and tests are required to achieve reasonable, repeatable results

Split into Enterprise and Client specifications– Enterprise PTS in IP review; to be released in June

• Link to spec posted on www.snia.org/forums/sssi– Client PTS in development– Anticipated to be available for public review in Q3CY2011

PRESENTATION TITLE GOES HEREEthernet Storage Forum

ESF Membership (end 2010)

• Broadcom• Dell (+

Compellent)• EMC• Emulex• HP

• Intel• Juniper• NetApp• Oracle• Panasas

Top ESF Initiatives 2010

• Continue to drive iSCSI market expansion through education

– 10 Gigabit Ethernet and DCB environments– Multiprotocol (iSCSI and NFS) virtual server environments– Internal and external cloud environments

• Drive the adoption of NFS v4 and the market readiness of pNFS through education and events

– Moving from NFS v3 to NFSv4 – NFS and business application environments– NFS in virtual server and cloud environments– Engage vendor/university ecosystem on availability of pNFS

client and server solutions

• Membership expansion and engagement – Webcasts, white papers and social media

ESF Activity Calendar Summary

1H’11 Jan Feb Mar Apr May June

Topic ALL

ESF Marketing roadmap

Optimize SQL with iSCSI

DAS to SAN - iSCSI Value Proposition

NFS3 to NFS4 Value Proposition

ALL

SNW

Ethernet Storage - The Register

IP Protocols in Virtual Environments

Client & Server NFS4 Software Availability

ALLDeploying Cloud with iSCSI and NFS4

2H’11 July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Topic FCoE coexistence with iSCSI

ALL

Industry Update / Status

NFS4 Roadmap

SSDs and Flash Memory

ALL

SNW

Optimizing apps with pNFS

Performance Characteristics of iSCSI with Oracle

Factors influencing transitions to networked technology?

ESF

• The ESF, although relatively small, is one of SNIA’s marketing success stories

• Very well positioned for further success:– Good financials; good engagement;

• Ethernet storage continues to be an expanding market and a IT hot topic

– Continued strong demand for content and vendor-neutral education

• Significant potential for short-term expansion– Alliances; infrastructure vendors; International visibility

PRESENTATION TITLE GOES HEREGreen Storage Initiative

GSI & Green TWG Priorities

• Priorities – SNIA Storage Power Efficiency Measurement

Specification 1.0• 4/4/11 - TWG ballot Open• 4/11/11 – TWG ballot Closed• 5/1/11 – TC and Board approved, Membership Ballot Opens • 7/1/11 – GA release

– SNIA Emerald Program • Power Efficiency Measurement Specification

http://sniaemerald.com/

– Environmental Protection Agency Support• Educate the EPA on storage power efficiency

– Green Grid Design Guide • Support the Green Grid on efficiency data center storage design

PRESENTATION TITLE GOES HERECloud Storage

What’s New?

• Cloud Storage is taking off as a business model!• The need for cloud standards adoption has never

been greater• CDMI adoption

– http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Cloud-Storage-Standard-iw-4281223330.html

• Cloud Plug Fest in April, continuing throughout the year

• CDMI is demonstrating maturity:

SNIA CSI Members

Cloud / CDMI Survey

• IT Professionals Cloud Adoption Survey

• Email (66%) is the primary application for cloud storage

– backup (59%) – front office applications (45%)

• 53% say that SNIA’s CDMI will be part of cloud storage RFPs/proposals

• 30% of respondents say SNIA’s CDMI is very important for public/hybrid cloud standard

SNIA Technical NewsNew Public Review Releases

• Solid State Storage Performance Test Specification (PTS) Enterprise v1.0 DRAFT

– The SNIA is developing methods enabling manufacturers to set, and customers to compare, the performance specifications of Solid State Storage (SSS) devices, which are evolving with the state of the technology. This Specification defines a set of device level tests and methodologies to enable comparative testing of Solid State Storage (SSS) devices

• Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) v1.01h DRAFT

– The Cloud Data Management Interface 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.

Storage Developer Conference 2011Call for Presentations

Speak at SDC - Where the Storage Development Community Connects!Conference Dates: September 19 – 22, 2011Conference Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Santa Clara, CANow in its eighth year, and again expected to draw more than 250 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/SMB2 plugfest.Share your knowledge and experience as a storage development professional by submitting a presentation for consideration at SDC. If you recently submitted a proposed presentation or tutorial for April’s SNW and your presentation fits into one of the topics below, please feel free to submit it again for SDC.

SNIA Public Review Drafts

• Solid State Storage Performance Test Specification v1.0 DRAFT• Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) v1.01h DRAFT• Self-contained Information Retention Format (SIRF) Use Cases and

Functional Requirements v0.5a DRAFT• CDMI Reference Implementation v1.0b DRAFT• Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.6r1 DRAFT• Green Storage Power Efficiency Measurement Specification v0.2.10 DRAFT• Common Trace Semantics Specification v1.0 rev 11 DRAFT• Cloud Storage Reference Model v0.3 Trial-Use Draft• Cloud Storage Use Cases v0.5 Trial-Use Draft

http://www.snia.org/publicreview/

Check them out! - Participate in their development!

Important SNIA Links

• http://www.snia.org/standards/• http://www.snia.org/software/• http://www.snia.org/publicreview/• http://www.snia.org/feedback/

– Public feedback submission form for draft SNIA Technical Work

• http://www.snia.org/dictionary/– Current SNIA Dictionary

• http://www.snia.org/cloud/– Latest news on SNIA Cloud activities

• http://www.storagedeveloper.org– SNIA Conference for Storage Developers

PRESENTATION TITLE GOES HERETHANK YOU !!