So while some hardware vendors--including EMC, Hitachi and Sun--have signed up to build SMI-S providers for their products, many remain reluctant. Ditto for software vendors. Indeed, Microsoft's absence hangs like an ominous cloud over SMI meetings, though Microsoft's embrace of object-oriented file systems in its next-generation operating system, code-named Longhorn, could develop into a natural extension of the SMI-S management model.
The holdouts will join in only if users start demanding their participation. Yes, the SNIA is working up some new presentations and outreach programs to educate and excite both vendors and consumers (see www.snia.org/education/tutorials). But, truth be told, SMI advocates may need to go outside the SNIA to get the support they need to bring SMI-S to life.
Jon William Toigo is a contributing editor to Storage Pipeline, CEO of storage consultancy Toigo Partners International, and founder and chairman of the Data Management Institute. Write to him at [email protected].
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