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Forums & Initiatives » Storage Management Initiative » About » Join SMI » Fees and Applications

Membership and Program Fees

Joining the Storage Management Initiative or SMI-Lab is easy! Simply download and submit the appropriate forms. Use the tables below to determine your overall costs. Total Cost = Table A + Table B + Table C. Note that the fees for SMI or SMI-Lab will be invoiced immediately whereas fees for conformance testing will be invoiced when your actual application for testing is made.

Document downloads:

  • Required SMI Forms
    • SMI Membership/Renewal Form
    • SMI Membership Participation Form
  • Required SMI-Lab Forms
    • SMI-Lab Membership/Renewal Form
    • SMI-Lab Membership Participation Form
  • Applications for CTP testing must be obtained directly from the CTP Program Manager. To determine which forms are required, please refer to the CTP Participation web page.
TABLE A

SMI Core Membership Categories
(Requires SNIA Membership)

Annual Membership Fee
(US Dollars)
Strategic Member - Large Company [Revenue Greater than $500M US per year] $17,500
Strategic Member - Medium Company [Revenue between $10M US and $500M US per year] $12,500
Strategic Member - Small Company [Revenue between $1M US and $10M US] $7,500
Strategic Member -  “Emerging Company” [Revenue less than $1M US] $5,000
Associate Member - Storage Integrator Company $5,000
Associate Member - Storage Consulting Company $1,500
Associate Member - Storage End User Company No fee
Non-Profit Institutional Member Contact SMI Program Manager
Individual Membership Contact SMI Program Manager
 
TABLE B

SMI-Lab Participation
(Requires SNIA membership, but does not require SMI membership)

Annual Participation Fee
(US Dollars)
Emerging Company [Revenue less than $1M US] $8,500
All other vendors $17,500
 
TABLE C

CTP Tests for SMI-S
(SMI, SMI-Lab or SNIA membership is not required to apply for CTP testing.)

Vendor Type / Release 
Level of Test
Single Product Pricing
Multiple Products Pricing
SMI Members And SMI-Lab 
SMI Member 
Or SMI-Lab
 
Others
SMI Member 
And SMI-Lab
 
SMI Member Or SMI-Lab 
Others
 
 
Provider /
SMI-S 1.4
 
 
 
Passive
 
Active
 
Event-driven
$10,800
 
$21,600
 
 
$25,200
 
$14,400
 
$28,800
 
 
$33,600
 
$18,000
 
$36,000
 
 
$42,000 
$21,600
 
$43,200
 
 
$50,400
$28,800

$57,600

 
$67,200
$36,000
 
$72,000
 
 
$84,000
Vendor Type
Level of Test
Single Product Pricing
Multiple Products Pricing
SMI Member
SNIA Member 
Other
SMI Member 
SNIA Member
Other
Provider /
SMI-S 1.3
 
N/A
$18,000
$36,000
$36,000
$36,000
$72,000
$72,000
Provider /
SMI-S 1.2
N/A
$18,000
$18,000
$36,000
$36,000
$36,000
$72,000
Provider /
SMI-S 1.1
N/A
Contact CTP Program Manager
Client / All
Contact CTP Program Manager
Prices are subject to change. This is not a complete list of prices.
Pricing for OEM products is not included in this table. 

 

 

 

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