Explore the storage challenges in a cloud-native era and discover how leading vendors are collaborating through the OpenSDS community to address these issues. Delve into the disruption of traditional enterprise data centers and the shift towards software-defined solutions. Learn about open solutions being developed to support various cloud ecosystems, including Kubernetes, Mesos, Docker, CloudFoundry, and OpenStack. Gain insights into the fragmented state of storage management, storage pains, and the mission and goals of OpenSDS. Understand key value propositions for both developers and vendors, and examine the Universal Storage Controller project and Compute Framework Plugins. Investigate design goals, requirements, and advanced storage controls. Analyze the OpenSDS architecture blocks and its application in cloud-native environments. This conference talk, presented by Allen Samuels from Western Digital, offers a comprehensive overview of the storage landscape in the era of cloud computing. Read more