Techniques are directed to a method performed by a computing device. The method includes (a) receiving, from a client via a network connection of the computing device, a first management request to manage a data storage system, the first management request being in a RESTful style, (b) generating, by the computing device, a second management request formatted in a non-RESTful style compliant with a back-end storage management protocol, (c) sending the second management request to a back-end storage management server, (d) receiving a first management response from the back-end storage management server in response to the second management request, the first management response being formatted in the non-RESTful style compliant with the back-end storage management protocol, (e) converting, by the computing device, the first management response into a second management response in the RESTful style, and (f) sending the second management response to the client via the network connection.