1. Storage Networking Industry Association Technical Activities Update

3. 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/

4. PRESENTATION TITLE GOES HERE Storage Management Initiative - Specifications

5. SMI and SMI-Lab Members

6. SMI Events SNIA Symposiums Technical Symposiums SNW Spring and SNW Fall Storage Developers Conference Management Developers Conference SMI-Lab Plugfests

7. General Direction/Objectives for SMI Committees in 2011 Technical Development Committee Provide ongoing support for SMI-S spec development Develop a template and process for SMI-S Addenda Support SMI Technical Steering Group (TSG) planning for SMI-S Version 2 development Conformance Committee Release Conformance Testing Program (CTP) 1.5 and start work on CTP 1.6 Get vendors to take a current version of CTP Focus on refinements and SMI-S Addenda after CTP 1.6 Get Client feedback for what would increase CTP value Increase SMI TSG and SMI-Lab involvement with CTP activity

8. Key SMI Goals Help SMI-S implementations catch up SMI-S development slows (but does not stop) after SMI-S 1.6 Transition SMI focus from development to promotion Shift 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 Clients Encourage 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 general Support other groups, like Green, SSS, Cloud, etc Maintain focus on SMI-S, while acknowledging that not everything is covered by SMI-S

9. Top Projects Enhance Marketing Activities Maintain current efforts Including interactions with other SNIA groups Plan improvements based upon findings Spec Development Coordination Ensure SMI-S 1.6 is done in expected time frame Initiate activities for developing SMI-S Addenda Coordinate INCITS and ISO interactions SMI-S 1.3 became a new ANSI standard last February SMI-S 1.1 became a new ISO standard last March Ensure on-going feedback from SMI-Lab Plugfests

10. SMI-S Timeline for INCITS and ISO

11. PRESENTATION TITLE GOES HERE Solid State Storage Initiative

12. SSSI Members ATTO Technology BiTMICRO Networks Calypso Systems Coughlin Associates Dell EMC Fujitsu Fusion-io HP IBM Intel LSI Marvell Semiconductor Micron Technology NetApp Objective Analysis Patni Pliant Technology PMC-Sierra Samsung SanDisk Silverton Consulting SMART Modular Texas Memory Systems Toshiba Violin Memory Web-Feet Research Xiotech

13. Recent Accomplishments Four white papers SSS Performance Test Specification white paper SSS Performance Case Study Storage Pairing (HDD+SSD) Performance Benchmarking First edition of SSS Glossary Two webcasts SSD performance testing Combining flash and HDDs in computers http://www.snia.org/forums/sssi/knowledge/education/ SSSI Blog at http://www.sniasssiblog.org/http://www.sniasssiblog.org/

14. PCIe SSDs New area of interest for SSSI PCIe SSDs are currently card-based and utilize proprietary O/S drivers Multiple activities ongoing to standardize PCIe SSDs SSD Form Factor Working Group 2.5-inch FF, modified SAS/SATA connector Non Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface (NVMHCI) group NVM Express (NVMe) enables standard O/S driver for Enterprise and Client PCIe SSDs T10 (ANSI/INCITS SAS committee) SCSI over PCIe proposal overlaps NVMe Task force is trying to reconcile competing proposals PCIe SSDs in standard card & HDD form factors with standard O/S drivers will achieve greater market share SSSI will publish regular updates and educational materials to ensure that users understand these important standards

15. 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 characteristics Specific 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/sssiwww.snia.org/forums/sssi Client PTS in development Anticipated to be available for public review in Q3CY2011

16. PRESENTATION TITLE GOES HERE Ethernet Storage Forum

17. ESF Membership (end 2010) Broadcom Dell (+ Compellent) EMC Emulex HP Intel Juniper NetApp Oracle Panasas

18. 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

19. ESF Activity Calendar Summary 1H’11JanFebMarAprMayJune 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 ALL Deploying Cloud with iSCSI and NFS4 2H’11JulyAugSepOctNovDec 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?

20. 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

21. PRESENTATION TITLE GOES HERE Green Storage Initiative

22. 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/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

23. PRESENTATION TITLE GOES HERE Cloud Storage

24. 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:

25. SNIA CSI Members

26. 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

27. SNIA Technical News New 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.

28. Storage Developer Conference 2011 Call for Presentations Speak at SDC - Where the Storage Development Community Connects! Conference Dates: September 19 – 22, 2011 Conference Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Santa Clara, CA Now 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.Storage Developer Conference 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.

29. 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!

30. 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

31. PRESENTATION TITLE GOES HERE THANK YOU !!