IBM Storage Scale in the IBM Storage portfolio is software-defined file and object storage for AI and data intensive workloads creating a high performance, globally connected, cost-optimized and enterprise-resilient information supply chain and global data platform.
By leveraging the global data platform of IBM Storage Scale, you can connect data silos throughout your organization with an open ecosystem of storage options including non-IBM storage platforms from edge to core to cloud. Automated policy-based efficiency helps establish a global data information supply chain which makes more data with more performance available at a lower cost for your AI and other data intensive applications. The data cataloging and orchestration service, now part of IBM Storage Scale, adds a new dimension for data users which enables them to understand, optimize and find critical data required for AI data pipelines and generative AI workloads. The IBM Storage Scale System building blocks provide you with an easy and optimal way to start and grow a global data platform and modernize your organization's data strategy for AI.
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Give your applications the choice of interfaces to the data it needs with a high-performance S3 interface for your file and object data.
Leverage software services that are easy to configure and manage while providing the capabilities for AI, HPC and enterprise workloads.
Get support for GPU direct storage (GDS), NVIDIA SuperPOD and NVIDIA AI solutions with three easy-to-install configurations.
Access a high-performance interface and simple to deploy and grow storage solution for containers.
Make the most of IBM Storage Scale Hadoop connector that supports Cloudera Analytics and Apache Spark.
Leverage comprehensive resiliency while protecting your data with IBM SafeGuarded Copy, incorporating the optional IBM CyberVault component.
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Free for non-production use up to 12TB
Flexible monthly pricing options
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Creates a single global namespace of high performance or tiered data using new or current storage
A complete installation kit to deploy IBM Storage Scale on either x86 or Power servers
Includes installation packages for NFS, SMB, Object, protocol nodes and HDFS connector support
Includes foundation for cluster computing, AI or corporate data lake.
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