Overall Satisfaction with Scale Computing HC3
As a one person IT shop the Scale HC3 system made it easy for me to manage storage and it reduced the number of physical servers I had to maintain. It is used for all departments in our organization from a file server to a mapping server.
- Their tech support is very good, though I have only had to call a couple of times over the last five years for minor issues.
- Their sales staff keeps in touch on a regular basis. Some vendors will only call for a sale and assume everything is fine if they aren't hearing from you.
- The user interface is easy to learn, from creating and scheduling snapshots to creating virtual machines for running test scenarios.
- Scale Computing HC3 has met all of our company's needs.
We use virtual servers to house mission critical databases that are written to daily with large amounts of data with no issues. Our online backup software is able to connect with the virtual servers to add another layer of disaster recovery.
- As a one person IT department I always try to streamline and automate whenever possible. The Scale HC3 has reduced time spent on maintaining multiple physical servers and the overall ease of use is great.
- At the time of purchase their system was at least 10-15,000 less than their competitors.
I had quotes from Dell and HP at the time and I think the smaller business market was not on their radar. Scale hit the underserved mid-size market at the right time. I have not used any other virtualization system at this time.
User Experience with Scale Computing
Do you think Scale Computing Platform delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Scale Computing Platform's feature set?
Yes
Did Scale Computing Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Scale Computing Platform go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Scale Computing Platform again?
Yes
When I purchased three new nodes, they walked me through the setup over the phone.
Using Scale Computing HC3
32 - Our file server is accessed by every user from accounting, billing, operations and IT.
1 - Understanding of virtualization.
- virtual servers
- file storage
- cost savings
- You can test updates on test virtual machines, before applying to a live machine
- they have virtual desktop capabilities
Evaluating Scale Computing HC3 and Competitors
Yes - It replaced physical servers and took up less rack space.
- Implementation support
Cost savings achieved by not having to buy physical servers and replacing them every few years. Scale does not have the licensing fees that other virtual platforms charge.
I feel my evaluation of Scale went well. You just need to make sure you have enough RAM on the system to make sure your machines can fail over to the other nodes.