At EMC World 2015, it was announced that ScaleIO 1.32 could be downloaded for free in a non-production environment. This free version of the download is called drictionless (f&f) Download version. As follows:
Http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/scaleio.htm
Then you may ask, what is the production environment? EMC spends such a big price to buy Scaleio, everybody is so free to use up, learn Lei Feng? The following is the answer to everyone's question. Please note that the answers to these questions come from official channels and there will be no mistakes.
What is f&f download version?
' Free and frictionless ' means that for testing purposes customers can download this Scaleio software with no functional limits, no capacity limits, no time limits, but no EMC technical support, only online community support. To put it bluntly, you can only ask questions in the community, but there is no guarantee that someone will answer them or that they will solve your problem. If the customer needs support, or if its use is not just a test Scaleio product, or not just a demo, the customer is the license to buy the product.
Where is the online community?
The address is as follows:
Https://community.emc.com/community/products/scaleio
Can I use the f&f version of Scaleio and later upgrade to licensed Prodcution?
OK.
How is Scaleio Licnese?
Tiered pricing is based on the size of raw capacity in terabytes and is priced at raw capacity, regardless of what storage medium you use (Flash, HDD, PCIe card). The minimum capacity that can be purchased is 12TB.
What features are included with F&f version?
Includes all features of Scaleio, including thin provisioning, snapshots, QoS, and more.
Also wait for what, make a few PCs, make a few pieces of hard disk, first loaded on play!
ScaleIO 1.32 is now available for free download and installation (in addition to the production environment)