Storage Management Initiative (SMI) Reports

SMI-Lab Plugfest Reports

View the SMI-Lab web page links to one-page reports (with photos) of all plugfests held in 2011 and 2012. Please check them out.

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SMI Program Reports

NOTE: Starting in 2011, the Storage Management Initiative (SMI) began sending out timely information via email on an as-needed basis--to keep its members and other interested parties up to date on its activities. Quarterly Program Reports have been discontinued.

ARCHIVES From 2008 - 2010, the Storage Management Initiative (SMI) prepared reports to keep you informed on the progress of its programs.

For questions about SMI activities and SMI-S, contact Tom Mancuso, Senior Program Manager, SMI.

Happy Birthday, SMI-S!

SMI: Most Outstanding Achievements of a Forum or Initiative in 2012

Upcoming in 2013 (SMI)

SMI-Lab Plugfest #3
May 20-23, SNIA Tech Center
SPDEcon: "SMI-S: Manage all the Things," Chris Lionetti
June 10-12, Santa Clara, CA

Conformance Program (CTP)

Test your product for SMI-S conformance.
View published test results. Published CTP results inform storage purchases.
View CTP video.

SMI in the News

SNIA Standards & Plugfests improve interoperability.
Read press release.
SNIA announces SMI-S Conformance Test enhancements.
Read press release.
SNIA Technology Center re-opened after evacuation during Waldo Canyon Fire. Read article.
Storage automation w/ System Center 2012 & IBM using SMI-S. Read IBM info.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Storage Gateway supports SMI-S. Read B2C article.
VMM 2012 uses SMI-S to interoperate with large number of arrays. Read blog.