Flexible Data Placement (FDP) is a new NVM Express® (NVMe) feature that advertises the ability to achieve Write Amplification Factor (WAF) of 1. This presentation will describe what a WAF of 1 means for an SSD. Several example workloads achieving a WAF of 1 will be discussed. Additionally, some Hosts have an increased ability to restrict either the deallocate behavior or the write behavior of their various workloads. For this reason, a review of different Host side rule implementations will be discussed.

There is an exponential growth of stored data and of applications processing data in the cloud and the edge. These applications based on traditional CPU based architectures may run into resource limits. Recent developments in Computational Storage have emerged as a promising solution to alleviate the limitations associated with traditional models. In this model, compute is performed near data thereby overcoming CPU, memory and fabric limitations.

In our current data driven world, the ability to store massive amounts of data is inevitable for not just large enterprises. As the legislation evolves, there are more and more requirements against distributed storage systems, but security has been there since the beginning, just as in Apache Ozone. We have different layers where security considerations have to play a central role. Data storage, data access, data transfer, or encryption just to name a few. All layers have their own specialities, and an already established frame for solutions defined mainly by already mature systems.

Operators of data storage systems are legally obligated to protect customer data, and can be subject to significant penalties. This presentation will explore existing and upcoming standards to show the best practices for sanitizing customer data. These standards will include IEEE 2883-2022 and ISO/IEC 27040,and will describe current work on new standards.

The audience for this presentation includes developers and users of data storage systems, as well as developers of software utilizing those systems.

With the growing trend for PCIe and CXL solutions, there is a need to improve the sideband management path as currently defined using SMBus. The newest SNIA SFF-TA-1009 specification for EDSFF PCIe devices released in January 2023 defined a method to allow I3C upgrade of the management SMBus/I2C bus. Other standards organizations, such as OCP and PCI SIG, are looking into adopting the same design.

The demand for data storage continues to grow exponentially with the overall data storage temperature cooling down with most data becoming cold after one month and subsequently infrequently accessed. Given the evolving storage pyramid and the growth of the overall storage ecosystem, especially cold storage, demand for significant capacity, longevity and sustainability scaling is increasing. 
 

Discuss topics related to manageability with SNIA and its alliance partners including DMTF, NVMe, OFA, SODA Foundation, CXL, UCIe.

Topics include:

• What initiatives and projects are underway right now?
• What more can SNIA do with alliance its partners?
• Learn how YOU can get involved!

The Storage Management Initiative will be providing refreshments and a special giveaway!

This Informal panel will help developers of storage monitoring and management applications to interact with Swordfish clients and ask questions, understand requirements, and provide opportunities  for client/vendor engagement.

The Storage Management Initiative will be providing refreshments and a special giveaway!

We will discuss the new flexible data placement: What are the benefits and what is required to take advantage of it.

BoF to discuss Why STA is Now Part of SNIA, and to let conference attendees know about and discuss the upcoming SAS plugfests in 2024.