The Foundation

SODA Foundation is an open source project under Linux Foundation that aims to establish an open, unified, and autonomous data management framework for data mobility from the edge, to core, to cloud.

SODA brings together industry leaders to collaborate on building a common framework to promote standardization and best practices for data storage, data protection, data governance, data analytics, etc. to support IoT, big data, machine learning, and other applications.

We are fostering collaboration and innovation across vendors, system integrators, cloud service providers, standards organizations, and consortiums across different industries, to provide quality end-to-end solutions to end users.

Background

SODA Foundation is a transformation of the Linux Foundation OpenSDS technical project. OpenSDS was initiated by Dell EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Huawei, Intel, and Vodafone to address the challenges of storage integration in the cloud era. 

As OpenSDS grew, there were increasing requests to expand its scope to cover data mobility, data protection, data security, data analytics, etc., in order to meet the changing needs of technology trends such as cloud native, edge computing, IoT, big data, machine learning, and more. 

With the support of members, SODA Foundation was conceived and officially launched on June 29, 2020.

Mission

  • to foster an ecosystem of open source data management and storage software for data autonomy
  • to offer a neutral forum for cross-projects collaboration and integration
  • to provide end users quality end-to-end solutions 

SODA Foundation Timeline

A chronology of some of the important milestones in our growth.

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  • December 17 2016

    OpenSDS Project Started

    OpenSDS Project Started

    December 17, 2016

    The OpenSDS project is started by a consortium led by IBM, Intel, NTT Communication, Toyota, Huawei and Yahoo! JAPAN.

  • December 29 2017

    First Release of OpenSDS – Zealand (v0.1.0)

    First Release of OpenSDS – Zealand (v0.1.0)

    December 29, 2017

    This is the Zealand release of Hotpot, the OpenSDS Controller project. It provides the ability to discover storage backends, provision volumes based on storage profiles, and manage volume and snapshot resources. Hotpot contains OpenSDS APIs and CLIs (osdsctl).

  • June 30 2018

    Second Release of OpenSDS – Aruba (v0.2.0)

    Second Release of OpenSDS – Aruba (v0.2.0)

    June 30, 2018

    This is the Aruba release of Hotpot, the OpenSDS Controller project.

  • December 12 2018

    Third Release of OpenSDS – Bali (v0.4.0)

    Third Release of OpenSDS – Bali (v0.4.0)

    December 12, 2018

    This is the first official Bali release. Bali adds the following functionality:

    • Introduced management of multiple OpenStack deployments
    • Expanded the OpenSDS standard RESTful API
    • Multi-Cloud support
    • and more…
  • June 29 2019

    Fourth Release of OpenSDS – Capri (v0.6.0)

    Fourth Release of OpenSDS – Capri (v0.6.0)

    June 29, 2019

    This is an incremental stable release after Bali(0.4.0). Basic tests on all features done; encouraged to do integration trials; not yet production ready. [Please contact us for product integration, we are happy to support]

  • December 17 2019

    SODA Foundation Announcement – Soft Launch

    SODA Foundation Announcement – Soft Launch

    December 17, 2019

    The (un)official SODA Foundation launch announcement was made at the OSS Tokyo 2019 on 17th December.

  • January 10 2020

    Fifth Release of OpenSDS – Daito (v0.10.0)

    Fifth Release of OpenSDS – Daito (v0.10.0)

    January 10, 2020

    This is an incremental stable release after v0.6.1 (Capri with fix). All the features of Capri are expected to work unless otherwise mentioned. This release is named as Daito. This release has improved E2E tests along with Basic tests on all features. This release can be used for trials; however not yet production ready. This is the release candidate for SODA v1.0

  • April 13 2020

    First Release of SODA – Elba (v0.20.0)

    First Release of SODA – Elba (v0.20.0)

    April 13, 2020

    This is the first release after the OpenSDS project transformed as The SODA Foundation. However currently we continue the release naming alphabetically based on island names:). So this is a ‘E’ release and named as “Elba” (island in Italy and symbolically representing our solidarity to the global fight against covid-19 virus)

    This is a SODA Release comprising the corresponding projects or repositories of SODA Landscape.

  • June 29 2020

    SODA Foundation official launch and Faroe release (v1.0.0)

    SODA Foundation official launch and Faroe release (v1.0.0)

    June 29, 2020

    The SODA Foundation was officially launched at the Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference North America on June 29, 2020.

    The SODA Foundation today is also announcing the release of Faroe, the first major version release “v1.0.0”. It is based on the earlier release Elba.

    SODA Faroe focuses on simplifying management and telemetry across heterogeneous storage for cloud native and more. (Faroe is a group of self-governing & beautiful islands within the Kingdom of Denmark).

    Faroe : Together we can make the world better managed & more beautiful!

  • September 22 2020

    SODA Greenland release (v1.1.0)

    SODA Greenland release (v1.1.0)

    September 22, 2020

    SODA Greenland will focus on providing a heterogeneous framework for storage monitoring and management with enhanced features and drivers over the last release. (Greenland is the world’s largest island located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans and an autonomous territory (ref: Wikipedia)).

    SODA Open Data Framework (ODF) Greenland release adds unified storage performance monitoring, and integrates with Prometheus and Kafka to offer deep visibility and insights into cloud native environments. ODF delivers integrated data management and enables seamless data mobility between on-premise and multicloud.

    It also provides the first experiment for Edge Data Management with SODA along with KubeEdge, a Kubernetes native edge computing platform & a CNCF project.

    Greenland: Together we can meet the challenge and grow to the best!

  • December 9 2020

    SODACON 2020

    SODACON 2020

    December 9, 2020

    SODACON 2020: Data Connected conference took place virtually across six time zones on 9th and 10th of December: San Francisco, New York, Tokyo, Beijing, New Delhi, and London. Key takeaways from this conference included SODA’s Open Data Framework for multi-vendor data and storage challenges, updates of projects in incubation, importance of end users’ participation in SODA’s open source community, use cases, and collaboration with Standards organizations.

    The conference comprised keynote presentations, project updates with demos, and panel discussions.

  • January 8 2021

    SODA Hawaii Release (v1.2.0)

    SODA Hawaii Release (v1.2.0)

    January 8, 2021

    SODA Open Data Framework (ODF) Hawaii Release adds storage performance monitoring (SPM) with anomaly detection and visualization with Grafana integration. This release also adds enhanced multi-cloud file & block support, hybrid cloud data archival/restore, and support for more heterogeneous vendor storage systems. It provides integrated data management for Kubernetes, VMware, and more.
    (Hawaii is known for its beauty and fertile soil. Hawaii is comprised of 130+ islands (ref: Wikipedia)).

    Hawaii: Working with heterogeneous, and providing a unified solution!

  • April 3 2021

    SODA Isabela Release (v1.3.0)

    SODA Isabela Release (v1.3.0)

    April 3, 2021

    SODA Open Data Framework (ODF) Isabela Release comes with enhanced features for storage performance monitoring and multi-cloud data management. ODF Storage Performance Monitoring has been enhanced with NAS resource support, performance framework refactored with generic task manager & scheduling, and more drivers. The multi-cloud project has been upgraded with integrated bucket management, cold storage support, added more backend support for data archival/restore. Isabela release also has added more CSI drivers for cloud-native storage management.
    (Isabela island is the largest island of the Galápagos (Republic Ecuador)).

    Isabela: Growing stronger Heterogeneous and Hybrid Data Management Solutions!

  • June 30 2021

    SODA Jerba Release (v1.4.0)

    SODA Jerba Release (v1.4.0)

    June 30, 2021

    SODA Open Data Framework (ODF) v1.4.0 Jerba Release is designed to simplify Kubernetes storage and data management.
    Multi-instance CSI support along with seamless CSI pluggability, consistent snapshot across on-prem to any cloud along in a framework for container data management.
    Heterogeneous Storage Performance Monitoring(SPM) has been enhanced with a distributed scheduler for metric collection, new metric additions, host-mapping support and more vendor driver support. Storage Service Plan framework has been added in the multi-cloud, which can abstract the storage backends and provide ability to create custom service plans. Automatic bucket management now supports all major cloud services.

    (J release is named after Jerba – a Tunisian island and where Star Wars Episode IV was filmed)

    Jerba is ready for POC testing for container data management across on-prem/cloud, heterogeneous monitoring and multi-cloud data management.

  • July 13 2021

    SODACON Global 2021

    SODACON Global 2021

    July 13, 2021

    SODACON Global 2021 is our first global virtual event scheduled for the Americas, Europe, and Asia. This is a technical conference that brings together industry leaders, developers, and end-users to collaborate and share projects, innovation, and best practices for data management and storage in the era of cloud native, IoT, big data, machine learning, and more. With the strong support of our sponsors, partners and attendees, we were able to pull off an exceptional event.

  • October 6 2021

    SODA Kalpeni Release (v1.5.0)

    SODA Kalpeni Release (v1.5.0)

    October 6, 2021

    SODA Open Data Framework (ODF) Kalpeni v1.5.0 is released with enhanced features for heterogeneous storage performance monitoring.
    Kalpeni release comes with multiple features in Heterogeneous Storage Performance Monitoring(SPM) viz., improved job distribution, load balancing, multiprocessing, host mapping, new performance metrics, and driver enhancements for performance collection.
    This release is focused on monitoring and some of the bug fixes of multi-cloud user-level tiering features.
    Kalpeni can be trailed for heterogeneous performance monitoring and for all other existing features from container data management, on-premise data management, and multi-cloud data management

    Kalpeni: Focus on Heterogeneous Performance Monitoring!

    (Kalpeni is an inhabited Atoll in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is famous for coral reefs and different beach activities)

  • January 7 2022

    SODA Lamu Release (v1.6.0)

    SODA Lamu Release (v1.6.0)

    January 7, 2022

    SODA Open Data Framework (ODF) Lamu v1.6.0 is released with enhanced features for heterogeneous storage performance monitoring.
    Lamu release comes with multiple features in Heterogeneous Storage Performance Monitoring(SPM) viz., Historic performance collection, Scheduling of storages to nodes, Failed Task Scheduling and Subclasses of StorageResourceTask. This release has experimental support for Delfin deployment in Kubernetes and SODA installation on Ubuntu 20.04LTS. It also comes with multi-cloud API specification updates and other fixes.
    SODA Lamu 1.6.0 can be trialed for heterogeneous performance monitoring and for all other existing features from container data management, on-premise data management, and multi-cloud data management
    (Lamu Island is a port, city, and island just off the shore of Kenya in the Indian Ocean)
    Lamu: Believe in open-source culture and new hopes for 2022!

SODA Foundation Vision

STORE, RUN, ANY DATA ANYWHERE

End-to-End Solutions

Standard Interfaces

Interoperable

Autonomous Operations

Dynamic Dataflows

Highly Scalable

Goals

Open source and standards for data management and storage.

Focused on end user requirements and real world use cases

Mix and match hardware, software, and cloud services to build solutions

Collaboration across projects and forums

Governance

SODA Foundation is a project of the Linux Foundation. 

SODA Foundation is overseen by the Governing Board supported by 3 main committees.

SODA Governance Structure

SODA Foundation Charter

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FAQ

What is SODA Foundation?

SODA Foundation is an open source project under Linux Foundation that aims to foster an ecosystem of open source data management and storage software for data autonomy. SODA Foundation offers a neutral forum for cross-projects collaboration and integration and provides end users quality end-to-end solutions.

What is SODA Open Data Framework?

The SODA Open Data Framework is an open source unified autonomous data framework that connects data end to end.

SODA Open Data Framework comprises several Core Projects.

Why is SODA Foundation needed?

  • To foster an ecosystem of open source data management and storage software for data autonomy
  • To offer a neutral forum for cross-projects collaboration and integration
  • To provide end users quality end-to-end solutions

Do I need to be a member to participate?

No, all are welcome to participate in SODA Projects, the SODA Slack channel, Mailing lists, and SODA Events.

Why should I join SODA Foundation as a member?

  • Network with other SODA members
  • Demonstrate thought leadership in data management and storage
  • Drive SODA roadmap and technologies
  • Prioritized community support for use of SODA software
  • Vendor supported POC testing
  • Invitation to present at SODA conferences and meetups worldwide
  • Discounted tickets to SODA events

How can I sponsor SODA Foundation events?

Please refer to each event’s page as listed on SODA Event Calendar, or email us.

You can also use the contact us page to reach out to us.

What is the relationship between the SODA Foundation and The Linux Foundation?

SODA Foundation is a sub-foundation under Linux Foundation. Starting in early 2019 to build an ecosystem to solve data/storage management challenges.

The Linux Foundation is the parent of SODA Foundation. We are one of the LF’s largest sub-foundations. More information on the LF’s over 50 projects can be found at https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects.

Would my project be a good fit for the SODA?

SODA Foundation aims to foster an ecosystem of open source data management and storage software for data autonomy. SODA Foundation offers a neutral forum for cross-projects collaboration and integration and provides end users quality end-to-end solutions.

The current focus is on Data Mobility, Data Protection, Data Lifecycle, Unified Storage Platform, Cloud Native Storage, Data Governance, Data Orchestration and Data Energy. Learn more here.

To know more about the SODA Foundation Projects click here.