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What is Scale Computing Platform?
Scale Computing offers edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions for customers around the globe. Scale Computing HyperCore software promises to eliminate traditional virtualization software, disaster recovery software, servers, and shared storage, replacing these with a fully integrated, highly available system…
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HE151
$3,300
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per node
HE501
$6,800
On Premise
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HC1300
$11,900
On Premise
per node
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- Setup fee optional
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Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $3,300 per node
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What is Scale Computing Platform?
Scale Computing offers edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions for customers around the globe. Scale Computing HyperCore software promises to eliminate traditional virtualization software, disaster recovery software, servers, and shared storage, replacing these with a fully integrated, highly available system for running applications. The vendor says that, using patented HyperCore™ technology, the SC//HyperCore self-healing platform automatically identifies, mitigates, and corrects problems in the infrastructure in real-time, enabling applications to achieve maximum uptime even when local IT resources and staff are scarce. The vendor says ease-of-use, high availability, and TCO are key differentiators. The product works for distributed enterprises, global retailers, and SMBs alike.
According to the vendor, its key features and benefits include:
- Install in less than an hour
- Deploy new VMs in minutes
- Built-in Browser-based Management
- Software-defined, hybrid storage system with automated tiering
- Fully integrated, cluster-wide resource utilization and alerts
- Single vendor support experience, no disparate systems to integrate
- Integrated all-in-one appliance
- Scale-out Architecture
- Mix and match new nodes
- Incremental resources improve performance of existing workloads
- Fast and easy to expand, no downtime required
- No additional licensing required
- Start small and grow as your business grows
- No forklift upgrades
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SC//Platform Success Story - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
SC//Platform Success Story - American Foundry Group
SC//Platform Success Story - Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township
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Scale Computing Platform Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Unix |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Countries | Globally |
| Supported Languages | English |
Scale Computing Platform Downloadables
- SC//Platform is a platform for running applications at the edge, with all of the software, hardware, and services needed. Regardless of the user's hardware requirements, the same innovative software, SC//HyperCore, and SC//Fleet Manager help to run infrastructure efficiently at scale
- Scale Computing HyperCore saves resources because its software, servers, and storage are in a fully integrated platform that power infrastructure regardless of the hardware configuration.
- Scale Computing Fleet Manager is a cloud-hosted monitoring and management tool built for hyperconverged edge computing infrastructure at scale. It can be used to monitor and manage an entire fleet of clusters running Scale Computing HyperCore. For IT Managers with multiple clusters, maintenance time can be reduced.
- This document describes the technology, concepts and operating theory behind the Scale Computing HyperCore OS that powers it, including the SCRIBE (Scale Computing Reliable Independent Block Engine) storage layer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Scale Computing Platform starts at $3300.
VMware vCenter, VMware ESXi, and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure are common alternatives for Scale Computing Platform.
Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.
The most common users of Scale Computing Platform are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
Scale Computing Platform Customer Size Distribution
| Consumers | 0% |
|---|---|
| Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 20% |
| Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 70% |
| Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 10% |
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February 02, 2018
HC3 how to make your life easier.
We looked at several other hyper-converged systems before purchasing the HC3. The greatest savings comes from the open source VM software that comes with the systems. No more VMware licensing cost.
February 02, 2018
Scale Computing review
- Nutanix and Pivot3 Acuity
We selected Scale because they gave us a great price for the performance we needed. At the time of purchase, all the other vendors didn't have a lower end model and the price start point was much higher.
January 30, 2018
Honest review of Scale Computing's HC3x
- VMware ESXi and Hyper-V
HC3x does everything we need it to do at a fraction of the cost of it's nearest alternative. The cost was around 25% cheaper than the nearest alternative and the setup / configuration was pretty much completed within a couple of hours (including racking it).
I'd previously used Scale Computing's storage only technology and was so impressed by their support team and on-site engineers that I had no hesitation of using their virtualisation technology too.
January 30, 2018
Scale HC3 is the way to go.
HP, Dell, Cisco etc...
Simplicity, low maintainence, cost.
January 30, 2018
Scale Computing HC3 - You won't Be Sorry
We chose Scale primarily because it was a completely self contained system. That meant one vendor and one support contract. Researching the different hardware components required for a vm system and multiple vendors of each component quickly got old. And thinking ahead toward maintaining such a system we did not want to deal with the headache of tracking down which component was causing us trouble and then having to prove that to the vendors.
NetAPP, EMC. All were more expensive by a long shot. Most also required VMWare licenses on top of the cost of the equipment.
January 29, 2018
Scale Review
- Microsoft Clustering
Scale was much cheaper to implement.
January 26, 2018
Scale HC3 is the Best
Scale Computing HC3 was way better than the competition in price and features and ease of use. What they give up on certain more advanced features they make up in ease of use and reliability and I wasn't going to use those advanced features anyways. They also are light years ahead in support and truly knowing their customers and going the extra mile for them.
January 25, 2018
Scale Rules
None. We have only purchased the Scale storage for now.
January 24, 2018
Scale is worth a look!
The user interface and maintenance agreement was more attractive to us than other available products.
Scale offered both a hardware and software solution while others would provide either one or the other.
Scale offered both a hardware and software solution while others would provide either one or the other.
January 23, 2018
Simply Amazing, the Node Cluster that can't be beat!
I have looked into a number of other Vendors when originally making my decision. Some vendors outright insulted others stating theirs was the best on the market while others had less physical features for redundancy or reporting that Scale had available for me. Along with the commitment from their support team it made it easy to determine that Scale was the right company for us.
January 23, 2018
Scale Computing HC3 Review
When researching hyperconverged technology, we looked at several leading providers. In each case, the cost of the system far outweighed Scale Computing's, without providing any additional benefits that we could discern. In some cases, the same price at Scale would only purchase 2 nodes at another vendor, reducing our fail over redundancy. In other cases, only the hyperconvergence software was provided. When comparing prices to purchase the individual machines plus the software, Scale came out ahead again by a large margin.
January 22, 2018
My Weigh In on Scale Computing
Switching to Scale Computing was just a very timely decision. We were starting to try different approaches on how to run our different services ad applications. Scale has provided a way to use and access everything in a centralized manner. After realizing how helpful support was, it became evident that we made the right decision.
- AppAssure and VMware ESXi
Scale is faster, more cost-effective, and so much easier to use, We were tired of having 4 different separate solutions to manage with different interfaces and failure points to monitor, Scale is refreshingly easy to manage and use.
January 19, 2018
Time to Replace VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V with Scale HC3
Usually you don't make a platform change until you find something that's ten times better (i.e. An order of magnitude better). Scale HC3 is that platform. The Scale Computing HyperConverged Virtualization platform makes virtualization automatic so that you can move on to spend your time and money doing more interesting and valuable things.
January 19, 2018
Scale helped consolidate our network needs into one solution
We examined a number of virtual solutions (VMware. Microsoft HyperV, Citrix. etc) but none had the ability to incorporate a large SAN and DR cluster in an affordable range or all from one vendor. Our Scale purchase made sense financially and financing over 3 years made it budget friendly!
January 17, 2018
Net Admin
We've used VMWare and Citrix in the past. We recently attended a GMIS conference in South Carolina and enjoyed the overall simplicity of the product. Performance is up by about 30% over Citrix Xen-Server and the cost of the products is significantly less. We had purchased 5 Dell R610's and a 3 Dell NAS for around $140,000. taking up 18U. We purchased 3 SCALE Servers for less than half of that and have been very pleased with the results.
January 16, 2018
Good for simple deployments.
January 15, 2018
Scale Support Nightmare
Nutanix, Cisco. Scale computing sales and after sales support is no where close to any other vendors.
January 15, 2018
Scale Computing - A+ on cost and function.
HP Servers with a NetApp SAN - non hyperconverged solution
Nutanix Hyper Converged Soltions
Nutanix Hyper Converged Soltions
January 15, 2018
Scale - what others are weighed against!
I have evaluated all of the competitors - both at the time of purchase and currently. Each time I do an evaluation, the ROI provided by Scale and their past demonstration of support and great product, reassures the decision to stay with them.
Their forward thinking and providing unique solutions - including cloud replication confirms they are a leader in this market.
Their forward thinking and providing unique solutions - including cloud replication confirms they are a leader in this market.
January 15, 2018
Scale Computing HC3 Review
- Scale is very easy to manage compared to VMware.
- No license needed for Scale.
January 12, 2018
Scale
Scale is less expensive and similar in nature. However, Scale has a ways to go to catch up to them.
January 11, 2018
Solid option for SMBs who don't want to spend their time administering virtual environments.
We looked at EMC's offerings (both storage and hyperconverged solutions) when making our decisions on hardware refresh two and a half years ago.
January 10, 2018
Scale saved me from a VMware upgrade nightmare!
I hate VMware with all my passion. The expense is way too much! Overly costly and complex, and dependent on MS SQL server? Are you kidding me? That is not acceptable to me. I need to have something I can understand and teach others how to use. I am not going to school to learn how to run a datacenter!