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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
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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
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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.
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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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January 10, 2018
HC3 is a cost effective solution to deploy and operate in a manufacturing environment
- With the high availability features built into the Scale Cluster the backups are less critical. That is why an option to export a VM to an external storage device would be great! This will reduce the overall cost of operations.
- When comparing the total cost of ownership/maintenance and for VMWare base servers and standalone servers, the cost of the Scale Cluster over a five year is very competitive. Add to this the education requirements of the personnel operating/managing the cluster you will be further ahead with the Scale Cluster.
December 23, 2017
Scale Computing HC3 - Excellent and Unique Hyper-Converged Platform with a few Rough Edges
- We have virtualized ~25 systems at this point and dropped two older SAN arrays from our environment. This has drastically reduced administrative complexity in our environment.
- Things are just "more stable" - we were often putting out fires with failing hardware across multiple systems. With scale, we have one platform which is highly-redundant and this allows me to finally get some sleep at night. Sleep is priceless.
- For new projects, we have cut new environment deployment time drastically. Setting up a new hosted environment for a project used to take 2 - 4 weeks, it now takes 2 - 4 days. It also cuts down expense. When we need dedicated environments we now spin-up VM's on a platform that is already budgeted and paid for vs. having to buy new dedicated hardware.
- An Active-Passive SQL cluster with SAN storage can run anywhere from $20K (assuming you already have the SAN) --> $60k or even $100k if you need to put in the SAN and supporting infrastructure. A SCALE cluster however can support multiple SQL servers and provide almost the same level of redundancy/high-availability with drastically lower cost and complexity vs a traditional cluster.
December 20, 2017
Best scalable computing out there.
- This has saved us so much time and money on new systems. Need a new system, just pop one on to Scale.
December 18, 2017
Scale and the SMB Sector
- System uptime has significantly improved after we migrated off of our old virtualization platform, in part due to VM migration times with the ability to Live Migrate, and in part due to the replacement of aging hardware.
- Management and support time is greatly reduced.
December 18, 2017
SCALE WON'T BAIL!
- The largest ROI we have seen from the HC3 platform is man-power. The HC3 environment is so stable that we sometimes for get it is there. This allows our employees to focus on other much needed projects and organization of our facility.
- Another great ROI we have noticed is that though the boxes Scale sold to us are not expensive, they seem to be well made and we expect them to outlast our Dell servers that we used to purchase.
- Finally, Maintenance is next to nothing. I know that if we ever need to replace a server in our HC3 cluster, I only have to call Scale, purchase a new box and not only are they small and easy to install, they pretty much install themselves to the cluster! Talk about a time saver!
December 18, 2017
Reduce Your IT Headache with Scale Computing HC3
- With Scale Computing HC3, we have been able to provide better IT services to the departments in our city. We are able to allocate more hardware resources to all applications to improve the user experience.
- We are better suited for taking on new applications and new storage needs knowing that we can easily install another node to the cluster rather than trying to upgrade existing hard drives to larger sizes. This allows us to better help other departments provide services to the citizens of our city.
- With Scale Computing HC3, we have been able to combine three different systems/solutions into one; our servers, our backup solution, and our disaster recovery solution. With two clusters in different locations (soon to be three), it is the perfect system for all three solutions and has saved us tens of thousands of dollars.
December 18, 2017
Service, Value and Performance of Scale Computing Unmatched
- From a cost-saving standpoint, it was probably 30% cheaper after licensing and hardware upgrades if we would have stayed with our current vendor.
- The performance gains with some of our applications have probably extended the lifetime of existing applications by at least 2 quarters.
December 18, 2017
HC3 delivers on their promise of fast, easy, flexible deployments
- As our systems are run in a non-profit government services environment it is not possible to quantify an ROI in simple monetary terms. We did observe reduced system administrator time requirements when compared to standard distributed virtualization environments, though.
- HC3 was (and still is) our first foray into hyper-converged infrastructure. It addressed our business needs nicely when trying to easily implement a vendor solution requiring a larger number of tightly-integrated servers. However, it also forced us to deviate from our internal networking standards due to tight specifications, which is a challenge in our small shop with concentrated staff knowledge and experience in other areas only.
- One object we have is to improve overall environmental impact within our data centers (ambient requirements for cooling, light, etc.), since we do have staff members working in these rooms. One issue that negatively impacted the quality of the work environment is the very loud and high-pitched fan noise levels of all nodes.
December 18, 2017
Scale Review
- Power usage Lowers cost every month
- Initial cost like always will raise costs
- Cooling! Less heat emission, the less our air conditioning has to work!
December 15, 2017
Tipping the Scale to HC3
- Quicker ROI over VMWare
- Quicker and easier implementation of virtualization in regional offices.
- Easier for newer IT professionals to support devices without much training costs.
December 14, 2017
Scale, keeping it simple and easy.
- I know that it has reduced management need of over 20+ servers to only two individuals.
December 12, 2017
Scale review
- Has allowed affordable scalability for our on-going transition from physical servers to virtual.
December 11, 2017
Surprise Surprise
- Less purchase of single use server
- Less energy used (Green)
- Physical / software backup solution not needed if you have enough disk space on your scale
- Less intern support time if something happens compare to a physical single use server.
December 11, 2017
ScCale Hyperconvergence - No Pain all Gain
- It's too early to tell how our ROI will be affected. Our estimates indicate that we will smooth our our expenditures. We expect to able to take advantage of business opportunities and provide new services faster for our dealers. We have already cut a future staff acquisition because of the ease of use of Scale system.
- The initial cost was high. Getting an entire cluster is a bigger pill to swallow than adding a new server. We mitigated the problem by delaying upgrades. When suddenly the company was faced with 4 server's needing replacement or one Scale custer with the attendant advantages over installing four new hosts, plus a DR solution, the decision became much easier.
December 09, 2017
Scaling - KISS
- Set it and forget it
- Simplified DR
December 08, 2017
Scale Computing HC3 Review
- Scale has been great ROI for our organization. Limiting costly investments in infrastructure and being able to make purchase decisions in shorter time frame.
- Scale has allowed us to increase or infrastructure with growing demands of the business needs. Allowing us to adapt when more resources are needed without overhauling the entire platform.
December 08, 2017
Scale HC3 Review
- We have only had our Scale solution for a few months so have not had a chance to see a return on our investment yet.
December 08, 2017
Scale Computing, a big thumbs up!
- ROI comes from the things I've mentioned previously. The cost to implement the cluster we have was about the same as replacing the traditional server base that was in need of replacement. The added extra built-in bells and whistles are why we went with Scale.
December 08, 2017
Scale was easy for me
- I have moved 7 servers onto a 3 node system. The cost of the 3 nodes was a fraction of the cost of 7 servers.
December 07, 2017
SCALE Computing HC3 - Hyperconvergence done right
- Positive return on investment on hardware and server operating systems.
December 06, 2017
Scale up today!
- Positive: Less recurring costs associated with virtualization.
- Positive: Longer life cycle for fully integrated solution of storage and virtualization.
- Positive: Low cost support to upkeep system.
December 06, 2017
Scale HC3 First Impressions
- The company will not need to purchase new hardware for 5 years or as long as Scale will support the nodes.
- The yearly software/maintenance costs are high and after a couple years running we may consider looking at another direction
- ROI on needing a tier 3 tech on staff is good. The cluster just works and requires little babysitting.
December 06, 2017
Scale Computing HC3 Review
- We met our objectives by using HC3 to resolve our data center cooling problem back then.
December 06, 2017
General Cluster
- As the cluster is owned by my client, and not myself, I'm unable to answer this question accurately.
September 28, 2017
How Scale tipped the Scales for us
- Less time supporting our solution
- UP time ( providing services to end users while replacing nodes or doing maintenance )
- Lower expendatures for virtualization