Scale - Out storage capacity, performance or both? - Scale computing

This is Steve. Steve is on this plane headed home from this IT trade show. Steve was sent to the show to look for a new storage solution. Steve's company has used network attached storage, or a NAS, for a while now. By putting everyone's data in one place, less space was wasted, and Steve no longer had to worry about data on each employee's computer. But now that mass is full and Steve needs more storage. He could buy a second, identical mass, but Steve knows that will result in two separate silos of data for him to manage. Then three, then four, and so on. Steve has heard about scale-out storage and is wondering if that might be a better idea. Nice shirt. I think we're at the same show. I think you stopped by our booth actually. You look pretty familiar. Steve went to many sessions and visited lots of vendors in the exhibition hall. He tells his fellow traveler how excited everyone was to talk about their ability to scale out. Steve is now wondering if all scale out solutions are the same. Well, actually Steve, there is a difference. So, my name is Jason Collier. I'm with CPO at scale computing. A true scale out system, when you actually have nodes that are added to it, you're actually adding CPU. You're adding through put by putting more network ports on there. And it gets you inherently better performance than just adding disks under a controller. One of the other advantages is essentially high availability. Say, you know, standard Data Center scenario, the intern trips over the power cord, unplugs the node. But the reality is, you're not going to lose any connection to your data, so it's a much more resilient architect. Jason continues helping Steve understand that a true scale out system. One that distributes data across all the drives can take advantage of additional processing and memory. Free resources that are added to that system. Steve decides to give Scale Computing a call. He learns Scale Computing Storage also allows him to combine SAN and NAS protocols on one system to consolidate storage and reduce cost. It's also priced for companies like Steve's to afford. Steve's trip was a success, making this company happy. Making Steve happy. Hey Stewart, we got any chicken? Nope, nope. Got any chicken or beef? Ever been fishing. How about world war. You ever play World of Warcraft? No.