IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY
Standards Activities Board
Sponsor Report
January 30, 2007

 

Storage Systems Standards Committee (SSSC)
 Established: 1990

Curtis Anderson, Chair
Jim Hughes, Vice Chair (SISWG Chair)
Jack Cole, Finance Chair, Past SSSC Chair (1999-2003)
Merritt Jones, Member-A-Large, Past SSSC Chair (-1999)
Alan Rollow, Member-At-Large
Joel Williams, Member-At-Large

Scope:

The Storage Systems Standards Committee (SSSC) works to model generic mass storage systems in collaboration with other Computer Society committees, with standards development organizations outside of IEEE, and with industry consortia. These efforts primarily concern, but are not limited to, storage system architecture, software protocols, and storage media. In addition to working on standards, the SSSC may develop recommended practices and guides. The SSSC is primarily concerned with highly-distributed storage systems design in heterogeneous computing environments, and without favor, considers storage systems of every scale in its studies. An object-oriented approach is desired in all its efforts, and net-attachment of storage is intrinsic to its modeling. Standards, recommend practices, and guides developed by the SSSC rely on open source technology whenever possible. The SSSC seeks widest acceptance of its products through maximum outside interaction. While embracing the most promising emerging technologies in its efforts, the SSSC remains focused on implementation.

Major "Hot" Projects:

  • Jointly Sponsor Projects with IASC
    see http://ieeeia.org/projects.html
    On encrypted shared media, including tape, and transiently connected storage devices.
  • Determine interest in balloting 1244: Media Management Systems standards
  • Collaborative work with the Storage Networking Industry Association
    and iNCITS T10
  • Blending Efforts with Information Assurance, Software Engineering
  • Support for the IEEE/NASA Mass Storage Systems & Technologies Conferences
  • Support for the Security in Storage Workshop

Recent Accomplishments:

  • Approval of IEEE 1667
  • Submit PAR for P1619.3
  • Support for the 24th IEEE Conference on
    Mass Storage Systems and Technologies    , September 2007 (MSST2007)
  • Support for the 4th  International IEEE Security in Storage Workshop
    SISW2007 
  • AudCom Acceptance of  Procedures
  • Obtain Ownership of SSSWG.ORG domain name, copy files from server after death of SSSWG member

2007 Activities:

  • Ballot P1619, P1619.1
  • Help P1619.3 get started
  • Support Maintenance of IEEE 1667 and Silo Type Identifiers
  • Determine Support for IEEE 1244 Standards (now withdrawn)
  • Determine Which Other Projects SSSC May Enter
  • Establish new home for SSSWG web site

2008 Planned Activities:

  • Dependent on results of search for new projects

Standing Work Dependent on Participation:

  • Development of Guide for Storage System Design, Publication of Mass Storage System Reference Model
  • Development of Storage Virtualization Standard Based on Earlier SSSWG Work "Virtual Storage Architecture Guide (VSAG)"
  • Development of Working Group Notes for Publication