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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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- Free/Freemium Version
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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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| Deployment Types | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Unix |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Countries | Globally |
| Supported Languages | English |
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- 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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December 11, 2020
Scale is a great solution with second to none support
Scale HC3 is being used across the entire organization for all our server needs. It is housing all our VMs as well as all of our network storage. It has solved the issues with VMWare licensing, an outdated SAN as well as multiple host servers required to properly run a VMWare environment.
- The best thing about Scale is its simplicity. I used a VMWare solution for the past 5 years and never really felt like I had a grip on how to fully use it. I've had Scale in place for less than 6 months and am so confident in it, I feel as though I could almost train someone else on how to use it.
- Scale's technical support is second to none. I've had a couple of issues with it and everyone I've spoken with is knowledgeable, friendly and eager to help resolve any issue.
- With previous solutions, updating firmware is a large endeavor compared to Scale. Scale actually recommends doing it during production time instead of scheduling downtime during evenings or weekends. It makes managing everything easier without me having to come into work on my off time.
- As with everything, I wish the price was a bit cheaper but by comparison to others but it's not bad when compared to similar solutions.
- Not that it was needed in my case but the option to have a Scale engineer on site for setup might be nice for some instances.
- The scheduling of the setup calls and training could be explained a little better and even possibly a quick overview of how to use the scheduling portion of the customer portal.
We run everything on our Scale solution. This includes a SQL server for our ERP software, multiple licensing applications as well as file servers and domain controllers. I even have some desktops set up for VPN purposes. Everything works flawlessly. I can't imagine a scenario where Scale wouldn't meet our needs.
- Considering the short time I've had Scale, it's hard to speak to ROI but before purchasing we did compare costs of our previous solution in terms of licensing costs and future hardware costs and Scale was the less expensive option.
- From purely a power consumption perspective, the Scale solution is definitely a cost saving feature. I find myself with additional circuits that aren't needed any longer in my server room.
- Even in the short time I've had Scale in place, I can already tell that the uptime is better than with our previous solution.
- Nutanix and VMware ESXi
Scale replaced a VMWare solution. We compared Scale against a new VMWare solution as well as against a Nutanix hyper-converged solution. After looking at the costs, features, support, and hardware, Scale was the easy choice for our business. It fit every need we had and after 6 months of having it in place, I have no regrets with our decision.
There have been a few occasions I've needed to call support. One time in particular, one of the hard drives died. I contacted support and had a replacement the next day and in the process no data was close to being lost due to their platform's duplication methods.
1
I am the only one using it as I'm the only IT person at the company.
1
I'm the only one who supports it however it's such a great solution that anyone with basic computer knowledge could do it.
- Reliability
- Storage
- Performance
- Virtual desktops
- Additional backups
- Expansion
- Possible move to more virtual desktops for remote users
Yes
VMWare servers were replaced by the Scale solution.
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Reputation
After years of attending IT conferences, I've gained a wide net of other IT professionals. I bake their opinions and Scale was a highly recommended product.
Wouldn't change a thing. I evaluated a couple different products, weighed their value against one another and I still believe I made the best choice
No
We maintain our support contact with them. I don't believe there is an option for any other support but the support I do very is amazing and can't imagine more.
Yes
There has been twice where the email alerts weren't working and they figured out the issue (an issue with Office 365 hosted email servers) to get it resolved quickly.
- Snapshots
- Hot swap drives in virtual machine
- Live expansion of hard drive capacity
- Live expansion of memory capacity
- None found after 2 years of use
No
February 02, 2018
I love our Scale
[It's being used] To host most corporate servers including AD, file, print, CCTV and app servers.
- Ease of use
- Superb value compared to traditional competitors
- The time between order and delivery seems slow.
We currently host:
- Active Directory
- File Servers
- Print Servers
- Security Camera system & storage
- Stadium concession systems (critical game-day system)
- Stadium 50-50 system (critical game-day system). Our 50-50's are a huge deal in this part of the world.
- Hewlett Packard
Impressive greater value for similar sized system
The whole business in one way or another.
2
IT - Virtual system experience helps, but I wouldn't say its necessary.
- Active Directory
- File & Print services
- Security Camera system & data storage
- Stadium Concession system
- Satdium 50-50 draw system
- We are currently testing a new Windows 2016 domain setup
- I hope to one day host the Football Operations Video services on the same system. Football Coaches use a dedicated system currently.
- Creating a new VM
- Adding OS Media
- Creating VM snapshots
- I wish I could change the size of disk volumes easily.
No
January 10, 2018
Review of our Scale HC3 system
We use the Scale Computing HC3 platform across our whole organization. With its ease of use, we are able to obtain 99.9% uptime as well as a full DR site with 100% of our data. It solves the need by not requiring complicated switching equipment, advanced networks, etc. All of the systems are essentially self-contained and require near 0 maintenance.
- DR - Scale does DR really well. With a few clicks, you can have a (or more) multiple DR sites.
- Ease of use - The system is extremely easy to use through it's GUI. With a few clicks, you're able to spin a VM up and have it set up snapshots and replication to other sites.
- Ability to share or use dynamic memory.
We run our entire environment on the HC3 system. Primary & Backup domain controllers, application servers, file servers and most importantly our terminal servers. I have been blown away by the ease of use, performance and redundancy with the system.
- To be honest - It's still a bit early to accurately tell our ROI -- But so far, we are happy.
- VMware ESXi and XenServer
For us, the ease of use, affordability and support from Scale are the main reasons we chose to go with them.
- Deploying new VMs
- Some back-end changes or console configuration changes.
No