IBM last week quietly revealed that it would sell a network-attached storage solution for its System X server platform. This is the first time IBM has offered small and medium businesses an alternative to direct-attached storage. Central to the strategy is a deal with Scale Computing, maker of high-performance storage arrays. Scale began shipping its Intelligent Clustered Storage SATA-based systems using IBM’s General Parallel File System (GPFS) in June. ICS will now be offered for IBM’s System x3250 servers as the iSN 1000 storage array. Systems integration giant Avnet Technology will distribute the product. Avnet already handles Scale’s products and is IBM’s largest worldwide distributor.

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