
The Cloud Storage Technologies Community is committed to the adoption, growth and standardization of intelligent data storage usage in cloud infrastructures. This encompasses data services, orchestration and management, as well as the promotion of portability of data in multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.
What We Do
We impact the industry through:
- Promoting multi-vendor Cloud Object Storage (COS) interoperability testing via Plugfests
- Advocating for cloud storage standards via community developed COS Test Tools
- Raising awareness on cloud storage thought leadership via educational webinars
- Actively responding to global industry trends and needs through a cloud-native storage lens
Our Mission
- Build an expert community to promote interoperability & portability of data stored in the cloud
- Drive adoption of innovative cloud business models and architectures
- Collaborate with industry associations & other open communities
- Be the trusted resource for vendor-neutral information on cloud technologies
How We Do It
We execute on our mission by:
- Driving community expansion, hosting SNIA Cloud Object Storage Plugfest events and reporting results to the industry
- Educating on the value of cloud standards development efforts like SNIA COS Test Tools and SNIA CDMI™ (cloud data management interface)
- Presenting educational thought leadership webinars, podcasts, and blogs on global industry trends
Cloud Object Storage Plugfest and Test Tools
Community Driven S3 Compatibility Testing
SNIA Cloud Object Storage Test Tools (Open Source Project)
Building Community to Tackle Cloud Object Storage Incompatibilities
Technical Work
Promoting and Supporting Technical Work
The SNIA Cloud Storage Technologies (CST) community provides support to promote and build the expert community to enable the technical work of the SNIA Cloud Object Storage (COS) Plugfests, SNIA COS Test Tools Provisional Technical Work Group (TWG) and the SNIA Cloud Storage TWG. Specifically, we:
- Facilitate, host and promote SNIA Cloud Object Storage multi-vendor heterogeneous interoperability testing
- Proactively build the expert community to broaden multi-vendor compatibility testing into new use cases
- Drive collaborative discussions among the peer community to gain consensus on common API command set
- Define best practice around protocol options and behavior changes
- Empower an industry forum to collaboratively advocate among ecosystem stakeholders on future direction
- Streamline overall industry effort to expedite affordable, timely and efficient Cloud Object Storage compatibility testing
- Promote the SNIA CDMI™ (Cloud Data Management Interface) open ISO standard (ISO/IEC 17826:2022) for managing data namespaces.
- Advocate for CDMI extension development activities (Validators extension published)
Knowledge Center
Throughout the year, CST Member companies share their expert knowledge by providing educational webinars through the SNIA BrightTALK channel. Check out some of our recent webinars and see why viewers say: