Starter Cluster
Because Scale’s ICS is a clustered rather than controller-based architecture, our Starter Cluster contains three nodes. This provides the redundancy and data protection needed in the rare event of drive or node failure.
Scale's entire suite of storage products is designed to reduce your costs, increase control and make storage more convenient to manage.
Reduced Costs
StarterSAN Prices. Scale’s 1U storage nodes with ICS 2.0 currently come in three configurations of three nodes each (all densities are quoted in usable TBs). To get started with Scale ICS, simply choose from one of these Starter Cluster configurations:
| Cluster Size | Components |
|---|---|
| 3TB (6TB raw) Cluster | 3 SN1000 nodes for under $12,000 |
| 6TB (12 TB raw) Cluster | 3 SN2000 nodes for $15,000 |
| 12TB (24TB raw) Cluster | 3 SN4000 nodes for $21,000 |
For IBM shops, Scale’s ICS IBM cluster starts with 6TB and contains (3) 2TB raw iSN1000 Series X Servers for $18,300.
Low-Cost Growth. Each StarterSAN consists of (3) nodes of varying densities: 1TB, 2TB and 4TB. To scale, simply purchase the storage needed and add it to the cluster. An additional 1TB Storage Node with ICS costs $3,800.
Increased Control
Scalable. ICS 2.0 scales to many petabytes on a single file system, creating virtually unlimited scalability for the midmarket. It’s all active (rather than passive/active) architecture stripes and mirrors all data across all nodes. Processing, throughput and storage all scale with each node. Each StarterSAN has 210MB/sec of throughput, scaling by 70MB/sec with each additional node.
Flexible Architecture. ICS 2.0 is an extremely flexible architecture. Its fine-grain scalability allows IT managers to scale by as little as 1TB per node (for less than $3,400) at a time. And, unlike systems that require control units to recognize specific node densities, ICS 2.0 requires no control unit and allows IT managers to mix and match node densities as they need, providing the ability to buy only the storage required, when it is needed.
Migrationless Scaling. To add capacity, nodes are simply added to the system. Data is automatically striped and mirrored across the cluster.
Added Convenience
Unified. Scale’s ICS 2.0 represents the next evolution of unified storage. It includes file and block-level protocols, allowing SAN/NAS environments to be run from each storage node. CIFS, NFS and iSCSI all run simultaeously. This allows IT managers to eliminate file servers, consolidating onto a single, easily scalable platform.
Snapshot/Replication. Snapshots and asynchronous replication are included features. Synchronous replication is also available through Scale’s professional services group.
Easy GUI. Scale’s ICS 2.0 does not require command-line management. With its streamlined interface, training takes less than half a day. Some of the most common tasks, such as creating a LUN take less than a minute to complete with ICS 2.0.
To begin building your cluster, try our configurator:
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