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IBM Spectrum Scale

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What is IBM Spectrum Scale?

IBM Spectrum Scale supports storage management of unstructured data for big data analytics.

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Product Details

What is IBM Spectrum Scale?

IBM Spectrum Scale is a multi-protocol, high-performance, highly available, clustered file system and associated management software. The vendor says IBM Spectrum Scale can scale in several dimensions, including performance (bandwidth and IOPS), capacity, and number of nodes (instances) that can mount the file system. IBM Spectrum Scale promises to address the capacity and performance requirements to support modern scale-out applications such as AI/ML/DL with multi-cloud support.

The latest version of IBM Spectrum Scale delivers a high level of performance for file storage. The vendor says the improvements were driven by the demands of providing the storage software for the world’s most powerful supercomputer, the US Department of Energy Summit system at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Those same innovations are now available to commercial customers, and include major improvements across the product, including performance, space efficiency, improved installation and setup, more powerful GUI and improved security to help organizations address new regulations such as GDPR.

IBM Spectrum Scale Features

  • Supported: Storage management at scale
  • Supported: On-premises and/or multicloud
  • Supported: Data economics
  • Supported: Software-defined open platform

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IBM Spectrum Scale Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, IBM AIX v7
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesWorldwide
Supported LanguagesEnglish

IBM Spectrum Scale Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)3%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)17%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)80%
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February 14, 2019

IBM Spectrum Scale Review

Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
We evaluated Spectrum for use by large organizations who were looking to streamline their storage management.
  • Provides a single pane of glass for storage management
  • Orchestrates both IBM and non-IBM storage
  • Can manage both cloud and on-premise storage
  • Price
  • Requires a learning curve and training to manage the product
IBM Spectrum Scale works well for large organizations who have a combination of storage devices, in a complex technical environment. It also is well suited for organizations who are trying to get the most out of both new and existing storage devices.
  • Allowed reuse of existing storage
  • Flexibility to provision storage quickly, allowing us to right size storage.
Spectrum Scale is a unique product in that it allows for both storage management and orchestration.
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