Sycomp Intelligent Data Storage Platform is deployed using Terraform modules provided by Sycomp through Google marketplace. When deploying a cluster, you choose:
The instance type and amount and type of storage.
Whether to use Scale clients deployed by Sycomp Storage or access the data from your existing application VMs.
The Sycomp Intelligent Data Storage Platform license includes the use of the IBM Storage Scale with how-to and break-fix support. You have the option for Sycomp to manage day-to-day storage operations by choosing Sycomp premium support. The storage is deployed in your Google project and you choose the instance type and storage types when Sycomp Storage is deployed. Google instances, storage and other Google Cloud resources are not included in the Sycomp Storage cost.