If you haven’t caught the updates on SNIA Swordfish^TM lately, please read on because it’s swimming fast! The new SNIA specification offers a unified approach to managing storage and servers in environments like hyperscale and cloud infrastructures. SNIA’s Scalable Storage Management Technical Work Group (SSM TWG) just announced completion of Version 1.0.3. The new version reflects specification enhancements in multiple areas plus a User’s Guide, multiple new use cases and a new document section.

“Because SNIA Swordfish is an extension to DMTF’s (Distributed Management Task Force) open industry Redfish™ standard, it specifies the same RESTful interface and utilizes JavaScript Object Notation and Open Data Protocol to help customers integrate solutions within their existing tool chains,” said Don Deel, Chairman, SNIA Storage Management Initiative. “The SSM TWG members responsible for helping develop SNIA Swordfish represent many of the leading companies in the storage industry today, including Broadcom, Dell EMC, HPE, Intel, Microsoft, NetApp, Nimble Storage and VMware.”

You can also keep up with the latest Swordfish updates by continually visiting the SNIA Swordfish website. If you’re interested in helping shape the future of storage management by getting involved in the development of SNIA Swordfish, please e-mail storagemanagement@snia.org.

SNIA Storage Management (SM) is pleased to announce that Swordfish® v1.2.8 is now available as a SNIA Standard. The release is entering the ISO publication process, which will help to advance Swordfish technology adoption.

Swordfish provides a standardized approach to manage storage and servers in hyperscale and cloud infrastructure environments – leading to streamlined implementation, scalability and increased cost savings.

Swordfish extends the DMTF Redfish® specification – utilizing the same easy-to-use RESTful interface, along with JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and Open Data Protocol (OData) – to seamlessly manage storage equipment and storage services in addition to servers.

Swordfish v1.2.8 includes expanded content for NVMe® device management to support joint work with the OpenFabrics Alliance and DMTF.

Key updates and features of Swordfish v1.2.8 include:

• Enhancements to the NVMe-oF™ white paper.
• Updates to NVMe functionality and mapping guide for namespace management
• Advancements to filesystem use cases and mockups
• Revisions to mapping and masking functionality
• Expanded StoragePool Metrics, FileSystem Metrics, StorageService Metrics and Volume Metrics

The Swordfish v1.2.8 Full Release Bundle is available for download and contains all the components that comprise the Swordfish release. Documents in the bundle include: 

• Swordfish v1.2.8 Specification
• Swordfish Scalable Storage Management API User’s Guide
• Swordfish Scalable Storage Management Error Handling Guide
• Swordfish NVMe Model Overview and Mapping Guide
• Swordfish and NVMe-oF White Paper
• Property Guide
• Interoperability Guide
• Metrics White Paper

Technical content includes the Swordfish Schema and Registries bundle, Swordfish Profiles bundle, and Swordfish Templates bundle.

Download the Swordfish v1.2.8 bundle today to accelerate your storage management solutions: https://www.snia.org/swordfish