Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of Intelligent Clustered Storage (ICS) technology, and Promark Technology, a Value Added Distributor of data storage and document imaging products and solutions, announce a new distribution relationship under which Promark Technology will distribute Scale Computing's commodity-based clustered storage solutions in the United States.

"Promark realizes that, in today's business environment, it is imperative to provide our partners with innovative technology products and solutions to help them meet their business objectives," said Charles Bass, Vice President, Vendor Relations and Strategic Account, Promark Technology. "Scale Computing's ICS enables us to offer award-winning, cost-effective and high-performance storage solutions that reduce cost, increase control and make storage more convenient. In the end, our customers are the true beneficiaries, which is always our primary goal."

Recently awarded Best New Product Infrastructure Category by PC Mall, Scale's storage portfolio is based on the company's Intelligent Clustered Storage (ICS) technology, which enables users to add storage hardware, known as storage nodes, as necessary without suspending services or migrating data. IT managers are able to build out storage clusters, starting with just three usable terabytes up to the multiple petabyte range on a single file system using commodity hardware. Scale recently announced the release of its ICS architecture version 2.0, which powers its StarterSAN line of products, providing enterprise-class, truly clustered storage features at a fraction of the price of comparable solutions.

"We are excited to partner with Promark, as they share our belief that as the third generation of storage evolves, it will need to more thoroughly address cost, control and convenience in ways that current architectures cannot," said Scott DeWall, VP of Worldwide Channel Development, Scale Computing. "With more than 20 years of data storage product experience and a vast nationwide channel, Promark is a great partner to deliver our solution. It drastically reduces costs while providing the robust feature set needed for today's rapidly expanding data growth."

Scale's ICS architecture uses iSCSI, CIFS and NFS protocols to create a scalable SAN / NAS solution with enterprise-class features and no single point of failure. Even if an entire storage node is lost for any reason, a user's entire data store remains fully accessible with no interruption in service. In addition, because of ICS' flexible architecture, there is the ability to mix nodes of differing useable capacities (1 TB, 2 TB, and 4 TB) in the same cluster with access to 100 percent of each node's capacity.