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SNIA Releases its First Software with XAM Software Development Kit
September 2008 by Marc Jacob
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced at the SNIA
2008 Summer Symposium that it has approved the eXtensible Access Method (XAM) version
1.0 specification and released a working draft of the associated XAM Software Development Kit
(SDK). The XAM specification is now being prepared for ANSI and ISO accreditation and is
expected to be integrated into storage products by Fall 2008 and into applications by early 2009.
The July working draft of the XAM SDK is available for download today and will
provide Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), storage vendors and operating system vendors a
preliminary version of the tools they need to develop and test the latest XAM specification. The
initial release of the XAM SDK will include a C XAM Library with a Java Native Interface
(JNI) Wrapper; a Java version of the XAM Library; a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) VIM
and a Reference Vendor Interface Module (VIM). The latest version of the XAM SDK can be
accessed here at www.snia.org/xam/software.
The XAM Initiative and associated specification development efforts continue to
progress and build momentum. More than 45 participants, which include storage vendors,
application developers and academia, are participating in the initiative and its two associated
Technical Work Groups. The XAM Initiative is also holding a “plugfest” at the SNIA
Technology Center the week of August 18th for vendors and ISV’s interested in testing their
integration with the multiple platforms available at the center. In addition, the first Hands-On-
Lab for Developers will be held during SNIA’s Storage Developers Conference in September. In
support of the community of XAM developers, the association has also created a new publicly
available XAM Developers Group community site aimed at sharing best practices, expert advice,
first-hand experiences and links to critical XAM resources.
