SNIA Technical Documents available for Public Review

During various times in the development of a technical document within the SNIA we will make available a Work-in-Progress DRAFT version of the document for public review & feedback for a limited time period. 

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SMI-S Version 1.4.0 Revision 1 Working Draft

SMI-S defines a method for the interoperable management of a heterogeneous Storage Area Network (SAN), and describes the information available to a WBEM Client from an SMI-S compliant CIM Server and an object-oriented, XML-based, messaging-based interface designed to support the specific requirements of managing devices in and through SANs. The current Working Draft of the SMI-S specification is made up of the following 9 books:

• Overview
• Part 1 Common Architecture
• Part 2 Common Profiles
• Part 3 Block Devices
• Part 4 File Systems
• Part 5 Fabric
• Part 6 Host Elements
• Part 7 Information Lifecycle
• Part 8 Media Libraries
• All 9 documents above in a single ZIP file (9MB)

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Management Frameworks Reference Architecture Working Draft

This Management Frameworks Reference Architecture specification is the foundational work of the SNIA Management Frameworks Technical Work Group and provides an architectural basis for the later work in defining each of the services that will make up a standard framework. It is expected that the architecture described in this document will be an anchoring section and part of the final Framework specification. Services will be defined in terms of their interfaces and behaviors. This framework lays the foundation for implementing higher level functions as services and applications that support lifecycle management, service level management and provisioning.

• Management Frameworks Reference Architecture r0.61
  

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XAM Specifications v1.0 - Working Drafts

XAM  (Extensible Access Method) is an application to storage interface which empowers meta-data to instrument the automation of information-based management. This new interface will give applications a standard interface and metadata to communicate with object storage devices such as those characterized as "Fixed Content Aware Storage" to achieve interoperability, storage transparency, and automation for ILM-based practices, long term records retention, and information assurance (security).

• Extensible Access Method (XAM) - Part 1: Architecture
• Extensible Access Method (XAM) - Part 2: C API
• Extensible Access Method (XAM) - Part 3: Java API
• All above documents as a single ZIP file (3MB)
  

Key Programs

• Data Management Forum
• Green Storage Initiative
• Storage Management Initiative (SMI)
• XAM Initiative