Abstract
With the current hyperscale datacenters, managing multi-vendor storage hardware using one simple user friendly tool is the datacenter admins desire. Server and storage Industries are trying to solve this common problem by providing a standard way of storage management. DMTF and SNIA have attempted to standardize the storage management using CIM and SMI-S standards for a decade. Now DMTF and SNIA have reviewed the lessons we learnt in a decade and have come up with Redfish and Swordfish. A simplified and easy to implement and use standards for the next generation of storage management. In addition to the standard based storage management, below are the common ask on the next generation of storage management.