Cloud Storage Technologies

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

YouTube Channel

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 Cloud Object Storage Test Tools 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:

Cloud Object Storage Incompatibilities Q&A