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• Bill Mottram on Commodity-based Clustered Storage
• Scale ICS Whitepaper
• Datasheet: Scale Computing Starter Cluster

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Scale’s Intelligent Clustered Storage (ICS) is a multi-protocol, unified and easily scalable technology that brings enterprise-class file and block-level services to the SMB. Offered on a growing, multi-density, multi-tier, interchangeable line of truly clustered, non-controller-based Storage Nodes (SN), ICS represents the next shift toward third-generation storage.

ICS reduces costs, increases control and makes storage management more convenient.

What We Offer

Scale’s storage solutions can help transform your storage environment by allowing you to consolidate file and block services into one system. Archive and virtualize from one system, all for one very low cost.

• Scale Storage Nodes with ICS
• SN 2TB, SN 4TB, and SN 8TB
• ICS with GPFS
• Configure as a SAN/NAS or both
• SAS / SATA available
• High Availability Option

Cost, Control and Convenience

The primary impetus behind the industry’s drive toward Gen 3.0 storage is the rapid growth of data. According to Berkeley’s School of Management, more data was created and stored in the last three years than in the last 40,000 years combined.

You’re feeling that pain.

When evaluating storage solutions, including ours, ask yourself these questions:

What is Third Generation Storage?

Third generation storage has many definitions, but it always includes these four main characteristics:

1. Flexible, future-proof architecture. Storage systems created today should be compatible with tomorrow’s storage densities and be easily scalable. This means systems must work with changing drive sizes, densities, and configurations over time.
2. Non-controller based. Third generation storage systems are data-aware in a clustered environment that scales quickly and without complexity. Controller-based architectures are expensive and time-consuming to scale and manage.
3. Content aware. As technologies become more intelligent, third generation storage will do more than simply hold data.
4. Cost-effective. Combined with flexibility, third generation storage will be less costly to expand, cheaper to manage and increasingly less expensive to deploy.

Think about it: the future of storage is actually available today.

Hardware	SN1000                             SN2000                                    SN4000
Enterprise-grade Drives	SATA/SAS	SATA/SAS	SATA/SAS
Throughput (3) node cluster, scales linearly with additional units	210 MB/sec	210 MB/sec	210 MB/sec
Protocol support	iSCSI, NFS, CIFS/SAMBA	iSCSI, NFS, CIFS/SAMBA	iSCSI, NFS, CIFS/SAMBA
Power Consumption	150w startup, 100w operating	150w startup, 100w operating	150w startup, 100w operating
Network Ports	(2) GigE	(2) GigE	(2) GigE
Model usable capacity	1TB (2TB raw)	2TB (4TB raw)	4TB (8TB raw)
Form Factor	1U	1U	1U
Hardware Platform	Scale	Scale	Scale
Features
Benefits
Zero services or information downtime
Proven, enterprise-grade technology you can trust – at an affordable price
Data and service protection even during drive failure
Zero disruption and low maintenance
Storage nodes seamlessly added to the cluster
Data access speeds not jeopardized  Software
Linux OS
Proven HPC file system
Management
Web (SSL) for management
Serial console for initial setup only

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