IBM Spectrum Scale Alternative & All-Flash Comparison
Choosing the Best Data Storage for Modern Workloads
From big data analytics to artificial intelligence, the most exciting applications in many data centers today glean information from large pools of unstructured data and, therefore, require new scale-out file storage solutions.
About IBM’s Spectrum Scale
IBM’s Spectrum Scale (formerly GPFS) is a parallel file system first released in 1998. Spectrum Scale’s configuration and operations options make planning for and installing Spectrum Scale complex, thus requiring a high level of expertise.
IBM Spectrum Scale & VAST Data Platform Comparison
When considering what is the best alternative to spectrum storage, consider the features offered by VAST. VAST Data’s Platform reduces the cost of all-flash file and object storage to make it affordable for all of an organization’s applications, not just a privileged few. VAST Data’s Platform is based on the DASE architecture of containerized, stateless protocol servers, connected over NVMe-oF to highly available storage enclosures filled with Storage Class Memory and low cost QLC SSDs.
Feature | IBM Spectrum Scale | VAST Data Platform |
|---|---|---|
Class | HPC File system | Scale-Out NAS/Object |
Architecture | Shared-nothing, shared-media, SAN | DASE™ |
Low-Cost QLC support | ✗ | ✓ |
Global, Cross-Block Compression | ✗ | Inline, Always on |
All Flash Cost | $$-$$$$ | $ |
Multi-Protocol File <> Object | ✓ | ✓ |
Download the Full Feature Comparison
Learn how leading storage vendors, including Dell EMC, IBM Spectrum Scale, Pure Storage Flashblade, and the VAST Data Platform compare on features that modern applications demand. We look at factors such as petabyte scalability, multi-protocol support, storage efficiency, and performance.