IBM Storage Scale file system

This topic helps in the preparation to install IBM Storage Scale™ file system.

For IBM Storage Scale overview, see the Product overview section in the IBM Storage® Scale: Concepts, Planning, and Installation Guide.

If you have purchased the IBM Storage Scale license, you can download the IBM Storage Scale base installation package files from the IBM® Passport Advantage® website.

For IBM Storage Scale version 4.1.1.7 and later or version 4.2.0.1 and later, full images are available through Fix Central.

For IBM Spectrum® Scale trial and purchase licenses: https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/scale-out-file-and-object-storage/purchase

To order IBM Storage Scale, see Question 1.1 in IBM Spectrum Scale FAQ documentation.

The latest IBM Spectrum Scale update package (PTF) files can be obtained from Fix Central.

Note: Starting with release 4.2.3, IBM Storage Scale Express® Edition is no longer available.