Interim commit for Julius.
Impl' storage i'faces and fix non-idiomatic warts.

This change includes implementation of most major storage layer
features, albeit some imperfect.  It also includes nascent telemetry
bindings, too.
Merge pull request #1 from matttproud/refactor/major-simplifications-and-test-behaviors-and-sundry

Refactor/major simplifications and test behaviors and sundry