A storage system includes a first device having a device manager, and a storage device to generate a domain with the first device. The storage device further includes a domain manager that sends a domain manager message to the first device in response to a discovery message transferred from the device manager. The device manager may register the first device in the domain based on a registration device message transferred according to the domain manager message, and may notify components of the first device. The registered components of the first device are deployed as components of an application program to process data stored in a storage media of the storage device such that a function of the storage device is dynamically extended.