SNIA Swordfish Storage Management Spec Receives International Accreditation

The Storage Networking Industry Association‘s (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative (SMI) announced the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have accredited its Swordfish 1.1.0d spec, designated as ISO/IEC DIS 5965:2021.

“The accreditation by ISO and IEC of the Swordfish storage management spec will drive worldwide adoption and implementation of products for the management of storage and services,” said Richelle Ahlvers, chair, storage management Initiative and SNIA board member. “Swordfish enables rapid deployment of interoperable storage management in today’s modern data centers.“

The SNIA Swordfish spec extends the DMTF Redfish Scalable Platforms Management API spec to define a RESTful API for managing storage and related data services. This version of the Swordfish standard includes management of block and file storage devices with both traditional and QoS – based interfaces.

“Redfish and Swordfish working together enable an integrated and broad scale management ecosystem,” said Tom Coughlin, president, Coughlin Associates, and storage analyst and consultant. “This combined functionality provides a foundation for uniform and integrated management across servers, storage and networking.“

Storage management industry experts have deliver presentations on SNIA Swordfish and DMTF Redfish at the virtual SNIA Storage Developer Conference (SDC’21), on September 28 and through September 29, 2021.