SDC’24 is Almost Here! Don’t Miss This Year’s Exceptional Agenda

This year's SNIA Developer Conference (SDC) is almost here! There is still time to register and join us at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara, CA, September 16—18.

With 14 session tracks and over 90 presentations, attendees at SDC’24 will be busy learning about emerging technologies and industry shifts from top experts.

Here is a sample of the sessions you will find at SDC'24:  

• Project Silica: The Future of Sustainable Archival Data Storage
• Disaggregated Memory for High Performance Computing; Architectures and Opportunities for CXL
• Standards-based Data Platforms for HPC and AI Data Architectures
• Will AI Stay Dumb for the Lack of Memory and Storage

SNIA Swordfish^® v1.2.7 Bundle Available for Download

SNIA Storage Management Initiative (SMI) is pleased to announce that Swordfish^® v1.2.7 is now available as a SNIA Standard. Swordfish provides a standardized approach to manage storage and servers in hyperscale and cloud infrastructure environments.
Swordfish v1.2.7 is released in conjunction with DMTF Redfish^® version 2024.2, enabling DMTF and SNIA to jointly deliver new functionality.
Key features of Swordfish v1.2.7 include:

• New Swordfish Interoperability Guide, which contains:
  • Comprehensive reference guide to the Swordfish-specific extensions to the profile syntax
  • Detailed usage guide for Swordfish features and profiles
• Enhanced Swordfish Features Registry to support resource-level features
• NVMe^® technology support for Command and Feature Lockdown via a trio of commands: ConfigurationLock, TargetConfigurationLockLevel and ConfigurationLockState

SNIA Emerald™ Power Efficiency Measurement Specification for Data Center Storage Devices v0.0.36 for Public Review

Standards Innovations with IEEE and SNIA

Computing in Space: What’s Happening on the International Space Station

What is Erasure Coding?