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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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HE501
$6,800
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$11,900
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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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March 27, 2019
Scale Review
- Support is expensive but well worth it.
- Units age out relatively quickly.
- We are able to replace a node with all servers still running.
March 27, 2019
Scale Computing HC3 offers a fast, stable, and cost-effective hyper-converged solution
- Positive: Lower cost for the Scale solution compared to other hyper-converged solutions on the market.
- Positive: Lower ongoing costs due to not needing VMWare.
- Positive: Very low learning curve for training the team on how to administer the system.
March 25, 2019
Scale Review Like No Other
- Faster
- Less time looking at buffer screens aka more work done
- Less phone calls to IT
March 23, 2019
You won't be sorry!
- We have saved on costs of hardware for network equipment and SANS
- Support contracts for that hardware.
- Simplified architecture.
March 22, 2019
Extremely Happy With Scale Computing
- Very positive impact: it's ease of use, flexibility and reliability have given us tremendous peace of mind.
- We could never afford to purchase a physical test server. Having the ability to set up a virtualized test server, use it, then delete it makes life so easy.
- We setup a single HC3 at another location for backups and disaster recovery. Very cost effective and gives us great peace of mind.
March 22, 2019
Weighing the Competition
- I think it was worth the price for the amount of function and scalability which we gained from purchasing it.
- I try to look at ROI in terms of how much time and effort a solution saves me during operation. Scale has practically removed downtime during upgrades and this is a solution we believe will run for a 10+ year period. So the ROI not just improved for us but we have assurance that we can continue to upgrade and add more Scale Computing Solution as needed.
- For a company which is growing, Scale provides us with sufficient room for growth. With their solution, we are insured for a growth for up to 50% in the next 10 years when in reality we would hardly meet that goal. We are looking at 10%-15% in 5 years.
March 20, 2019
Easy Virtualization with Scale
- Our customer was spending a lot of money with another consulting firm to try to achieve the results we are seeing with Scale. The other vendor was using a different Virtualization solution and was having difficulty with doing DR and backups. The backups required a third party software to work in conjunction with the VR software. With Scale, they have not had to do much support with any vendor, as they don't have issues.
March 20, 2019
Want time in your day back? Enjoy a coffee for a chance because this is the solution for you!
- We haven't calculated ROI outside of the time savings from a management perspective. With a traditional virtual deployment, you usually have Servers, network and storage to manage. In this case, it's all on the one box. Point and click!
- Upgrades to the environment are easy. Simply start the upgrade process and the system automatically migrates workload over to other hosts allowing you the ability to enjoy your coffee! No longer worrying about storage and networking as a result of upgrading.
- There would also be power and cooling savings as a result of running less equipment. We do not have metered power as it is a shared facility so unable to calculate at this time.
March 20, 2019
Systems Worth Investing In!
- With one set of hardware and 3 HC3 servers clustered we manage 10 servers and one legacy PC. So that works out to save us 3/1 on power supplies = 1/3 power utilization, not to mention the cost savings in hardware upkeep.
March 15, 2019
Why I bought Scale Computing HC3 as my total solution
- ROI is about 3 to 1 on conventional storage/server solutions. Super simple and very realistic to calculate out.
- ROI for support man-hours to manage, patch, monitor, and repair server hardware and software are significantly increased.
March 14, 2019
Scale Computing HC3 has saved my department money and provided countless hours of needed rest!!!
- Scale has saved us significant money over a competing solution. We are able to identify costs for workloads and charge that back to operating units which saves the company money.
- We have been able to create mobility strategies that will save us on hardware costs over the next two years.
- Allowed us to reduce the need for additional IT staff which will save us significant money for the next two to three years.
March 13, 2019
SCALE is Pretty Darn Awsome
- We have had to purchase fewer metal computers , and have been able to add servers quickly ,without waiting for hardware , less delays on implementation
- Because adding VM's is so easy, we may need to update our nodes sooner than expected..( More Cost)
- we are able to configure machines using only the resources needed , saving on disk space and Ram
- ROI has been much more positive than originally forecast.
- We have maintained much more uptime than with previous virtual environments.
- IT time is greatly reduced in the maintenance and creation of new or additional servers.
March 11, 2019
Electric Cooperative Life Made Easier
- We are an electric utility. The fact that I have eliminated so much electrical usage by going from 7 servers to 3 servers, with more going offline as we transition, makes me feel like we are really doing something.
March 11, 2019
Scale Computing Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Review
- We haven't had this system long enough to provide hard numbers. But the purchase cost of an equal system that uses VM ware or Hyper-V would be double the cost of Scale for the same performance and capabilities.
March 11, 2019
True Hyperconvergence with Support that will WOW you!
- Between a platform that just works and support that is impeccable, we have seen a huge positive impact from our investment in Scale Computing HC3.
March 09, 2019
Suitable for a small data center
- Quick startup for several systems.
- Positive ROI because of its low-cost price compared with other hyper-convergence systems.
March 09, 2019
Some pros and Cons to scale computing
- Positive -- lower cost to implement than other solutions, and great support.
- Negative -- Now that we need more storage space, we are required to purchase another node rather than simply upgrade storage space on existing nodes.
March 09, 2019
Scale HC3 -- Perfect for a business on the move
- The HC3 system has the best price, service, and functionality of any other solution currently on the market.
- A three-year comparison against the competitors' products will indicate a significant reduction in cost year over year.
March 09, 2019
Scale HC3, Hyper-Convergeance the Easy Way!
- We've been very happy with our decision to use Scale for our server refresh. It's been a positive experience by all accounts.
- Saved money on additional hardware/support by migrating out of warranty servers with high usage applications (IE wire payment applications), to scale.
- Will be migrating hosted DEV environment to SCALE to save on hosting and support costs charged by our data centre.
- Good value for an introduction to HyperConvergence.
- Best suited for small scale and remote locations looking for cost-effective implementation of a high-performance data center.
- Disaster Recovery and business continuity solutions are not worth the cost charged.
March 08, 2019
Scale HC3 review by small business.
- Scale has allowed us to reduce our footprint of servers down to the HC3 platform.
- Scale HC3 system has cut down on the power requirements needed to run our server equipment. Thus reducing the cost for power.
- Moving to the HC3 system has reduced our need for more equipment in our IT Server room. This has reduced our hardware cost and improved or ROI.
- We purchased three nodes with 3-year support this year and we believe that we won't need to purchase another node for at least 2 years.
- Our next upgrade will provide at least 33% more resources to the cluster, just by adding one physical node.
- Hardware and software are bundled together in the purchase price. Scale is much less expensive then VMWare.