Amax StorMax SDS vs IBM Spectrum Scale comparison

Software Defined Storage

StorMax™ SDS is a cost effective storage solution that provides Enterprise customers with a scale out distributed storage architecture to support the need for unified storage on Object, Block, and File System. Coupled with an open-source Ceph package, StorMax™ SDS is designed to solve your storage pain points while representing the next generation of storage architecture. Key features include:

• A cost effective and flexible storage solution based on Open Compute (OCP) server architecture.
• Distributed data storage system, where data is replicated and striped across the storage cluster.
• Highly scalable and available with autonomous and self-healing capabilities due to Ceph’s design of intelligent OSD daemon.
• An integrated storage solution that combines extreme reliability and flexibility with ease of management for IT operations.
• Free of charge distribution model, allowing companies to get away from legacy subscription models.

IBM Spectrum Scale is a cluster file system that provides concurrent access to a single file system or set of file systems from multiple nodes. The nodes can be SAN attached, network attached, a mixture of SAN attached and network attached, or in a shared nothing cluster configuration. This enables access to this common set of data to support a scale-out solution or to provide a high availability platform. IBM Spectrum Scale has many features beyond common data access including data replication, policy based storage management, and multi-site operations. You can create a cluster of AIX nodes, Linux nodes, Windows server nodes, or a mix of all three. IBM Spectrum Scale can run on virtualized instances providing common data access in environments, leverage logical partitioning, or other hypervisors. Multiple IBM Spectrum Scale clusters can share data within a location or across wide area network (WAN) connections.