Object Storage has firmly established itself as a cornerstone of modern data centers and cloud infrastructure. Ensuring API compatibility has become crucial for object storage developers who want to benefit from the wide ecosystem of existing applications. However, achieving compatibility can be challenging due to the complexity and variety of the APIs, access control mechanisms, and performance and scalability requirements. The SNIA Cloud Storage Technologies Initiative (CSTI) and the SNIA Cloud Storage Technical Work Group (TWG) are taking the lead to build a community that tackles cloud object storage incompatibilities with a collaborative, multi-vendor plugfest here at SDC’24. We will continue work throughout the year to identify and address:
• Real-world incompatibilities found in various object storage implementations
• Missing or incorrect response headers
• Unsupported API calls and unexpected behavior
• Implications on client applications
