Track - Storage Management Initiative (SMI)

SMI CTP (Conformance Test Program) Explained

James Rigger, SNIA

This topic is focused on conveying the methodologies of designing testing for conformance to the SMI-S. The understanding of the methodologies will assist the developers of SMI-S compatable products with their efforts to design their own products so that they may conform to the specification. Emphasis will be placed on the top 15 to 20 common mistakes which prevent products from passing the SMI testing process.

  Developing an SMI-S interface for a RAID controller

Steve Peters, PMC-Sierra

This presentation will walk through the development of a CMPI compatible SMI-S provider for a “Host Hardware RAID Controller” as defined by SNIA. Topics will include basic code structure, caching of management data, and indication delivery. The presentation will also cover choices implementations can make and still be SNIA compliant.

Open Source & Standards:  A Marriage Made in IT Heaven

Kurt Krems, Olocity

Hope Hines, Olocity

As those with IT responsibilities attempt to balance increased demands with increased costs, the topic of open source solutions usually enters the conversation.  However, this very familiar term is still wrapped in a high degree of misunderstanding.  This session will cover the best practices necessary for identifying the need for open source, evaluating open source options and integrating solutions based on standards like SMI-S and Cloud.  The presentation also will examine the risks and benefits companies face when developing these products, and why open source and standards are a marriage made in IT heaven. 
 
Learning Objective #1:  Identifying the need for open source

• Understand how open source decreases the time-to-market
• Evaluate how open source lowers the total cost of ownership
• Learn how open source requirements are driven by end users
  

Learning Objective #2:  Evaluating open source options

• Review the various pricing and business models
• Examine how the open source model produces more robust products
• Determine how the combination of open source and standards results in an interoperable solution
  

Learning Objective #3:  Integrating standards-based open source solutions

• Review end user benefits for standards-based solutions
• Benefit from experiences several companies faced when integrating these solutions
• Identify shortcuts and tools that can assist in rapid deployment
• Learn how open source and standards help manage storage networking environments
  

Management Profile for Data-Deduplication

Padmavathy K.M, Wipro

This presentation aims to explain the overview of data deduplication and the need for a Management profile to know about its support in the underlying layer.  It explains the various factors to be considered and touches upon the respective SMI-S profiles.

SMI Demo

SNIA SMI

SNIA SMI will provide a Demo showing SMI client and implementations.