During SNIA's Cloud Object Storage multi-vendor compatibility Plugfest held at SDC’24, it became apparent to the community during three days of testing that a lack of commonly accepted open source test tools is one of the more obvious pain points for the industry. All contributors test our implementations and all mature well accepted protocols conduct regularly scheduled Plugfests along with proactive development of open source test tools to get the job done. With this new effort, SNIA member companies intend to create and publish compatibility test software suites that help automate protocol compatibility testing of widely popular industry Cloud Object Storage APIs, wire-protocols and services.
These experts engaged in proprietary and/or open-source software development will discuss the real-world need for these test tools, and progress to date from the initial stages of SNIA member feedback and calls to action.
