Make History with Us at the SNIA Swordfish™ Inaugural Plugfest

You might have missed the Usenet posting in 1991 when Linus Torvalds first announced his operating system kernel that later became Linux, so we’re giving you another chance to be a part of IT history! Sign up now to attend the inaugural SNIA Swordfish Plugfest, being held June 13-15 in the SNIA Technology Center in Colorado Springs, CO.
 
Not a member of SNIA’s Storage Management Initiative (SMI)? If you are a SNIA member with a Swordfish implementation or prototype, we’ve got you covered. For this special occasion, we’ve opened up the Plugfest to non-SMI members who are willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
 
SNIA Swordfish is a storage management interface designed to integrate with the technologies used in data center environments and can be used to accomplish a broad range of storage management tasks ranging from the simple to the advanced. At the Plugfest, you’ll see some of the first Swordfish implementations and you’ll be able to test how well your own implementation interoperates with them. The implementations presented will include the newly developed Swordfish API Emulator and a Swordfish Basic Web Client that can interact with any Swordfish provider.
 
If you’re interested in seeing what’s next in storage management, don’t miss this chance. For questions about Plugfest logistics, contact Tom Mancuso. 

Deadline Approaching for SDC Speaking Submissions

Buffers, Queues & Caches Explained

2 New Certification Practice Exams Available

Want to be SNIA storage certified? Two new practice exams are now available: 

• Storage Networking Management & Administration
• Storage Networking Assessment, Planning & Design

These practice exams are free of charge and will help you determine if you have the skills needed to pass the Certification Exam and become a SNIA Certified Storage Professional - one of the most valued certifications a storage professional can achieve.
 
Learn 6 good reasons to become a SNIA Certified Storage Professional. View additional training options for SNIA’s Foundations Certification here. 

How Many IOPS? Users Share Their 2017 Storage Performance Needs
May 3, 2107
Jim Handy, Objective Analysis
Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates
 
Modern storage systems offer a dizzying range of IOPS (from hundreds to millions), as well as different latencies and storage capacities. Many IT managers find it difficult to determine which SSD or flash array to buy for their needs, or even whether they can get the speed they need from standard HDDs. This webcast will present results from a 2012 and follow-up 2016 survey of IT professionals to understand performance, capacity, and cost requirements, including IOPS, storage capacity, and latency of various applications.
 
Everything You Wanted to Know about Storage But Were Too Proud to Ask: Getting from Here to There - Sepia Pod
May 9, 2017
Chad Hintz, Cisco
Fred Zhang, Intel
John Kim, Mellanox
Alex McDonald, NetApp

This webcast will take a look at some of the terms and concepts that affect Storage Architectures as a whole. In particular, we’ll be looking at those aspects that can help or hinder storage systems inside the network: Encapsulation vs. Tunneling, IOPS vs. Latency vs. Jitter, and Quality of Service, as each of these topics has a profound impact on storage designs and performance, but they are often misunderstood.

MarFS: A Scalable Near-POSIX File System over Cloud Objects for HPC Cool Storage

The Role of Active Archive in Long-Term Data Preservation
Mark Pastor, Director of Archive and Technical Workflow Solutions, Quantum

OSCON is where the open source community gathers to celebrate achievements, spark new ideas, and map the future of open computing through collaboration and education. OSCON is where all of the pieces come together: developers, innovators, businesspeople, and investors. OSCON is about real-world practices and how to successfully implement open source in your workflow or projects.
 
In the spirit of open source initiatives, SNIA now has a contributor license agreement (CLA) for non-members to support public participation in SNIA open source projects, the CDMI (Cloud Data Management Interface) Reference Implementation and the Swordfish API Emulator. Visit SNIA at OSCON in booth (323-8) in the non-profit area to learn more.