The IEEE Storage System Standards Working Group overview and status

Abstract

A brief description is presented of the IEEE Reference Model for Open Storage Systems Interconnection (OSSI), approved for public review by vote of the IEEE Storage System Standards Working Group (SSSWG, Project 1244) in September 1994. Minor differences between the OSSI Model and the Mass Storage System Reference Model (MSSRM) Version 5 introduced in April 1993 at the Twelfth IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems are summarized. The status of the SSSWG and its plans for production of standards are discussed.