Scale Computing: Simply Better Storage (iSCSI, CIFS, NFS, Clustered SAN)

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“By bringing ICS technology to the SMB storage space, the market will certainly benefit through added competition. The true winners, however, will be IBM’s loyal SMB customers who have wanted an advanced, yet competitively priced storage -solution. Now they have it.”

—Terri McClure, Enterprise Strategy Group

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Scale Computing for Consolidation

During the last few years, more and more companies have sought to reduce power, management and hardware costs by consolidating their SAN/NAS servers. To do this, typically a NAS gateway device and additional software is required to allow a SAN to run file level protocols.

This topology costs money.

Scale’s ICS eliminates the need for NAS gateway devices and extra software. Each Storage Node with ICS runs both a file and block level protocols simultaneously.

Benefits of Consolidation

Cut Costs. One of the chief benefits of eliminating file servers is the ability to cut costs. Scale customer GEO Foundation eliminated 9 file servers and ran their file level services on the same Scale nodes that ran more than 200 virtual desktops. Power costs dropped dramatically.
Increase Control through simplified management. Centrally manage your storage across CIFS, NFS and iSCSI protocols to improve system monitoring and achieve better capacity planning.
Add Convenience with guaranteed interoperability. A common mistake in IT departments is failing to make sure NAS gateways are completely compatible with their existing SAN. With Scale’s ICS, that’s not an issue.
Reduce your hardware footprint. By eliminating file servers, you can greatly reduce the number of servers, thus freeing rack and floor space.

Considerations for Consolidation

When planning to consolidate your file and block level servers onto a single Scale ICS cluster, make sure to plan for the type of traffic that will result when the systems are integrated. This planning will help configure your cluster for maximum performance.