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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
On Premise
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HC1300
$11,900
On Premise
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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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October 23, 2020
Great Solution for a Small College
- Upfront honest purchasing of hardware is great!
- Products are new, not refurbished.
October 21, 2020
Scale Computing HC3 allows IT to reclaim time!
- The biggest ROI for us has been time. We have saved so much wasted time by cutting down on replacing multiple physical servers with more hardware to maintain.
- We also have saved quite a bit of money by not having to buy lots of new hardware. Scale nodes make it much easier for us to really take advantage of and allocate resources more efficiently than physical servers ever did.
- Scale has a positive impact on ROI due to savings versus competing virtualization platforms with expensive licensing.
- Scale's storage capabilities allow us to optimize storage costs versus traditional server architecture.
- Support and warranty from one vendor is easier to manage and less costly then competing brands.
- In government, we must consider sustainability of what we choose. Scale is in a price range that improves our sustainability, while having predictable ongoing service requirements.
- The Scale solution has made it possible to begin planning for business continuity, with minimal or no downtime. The costs with other solutions were not considered feasible.
October 15, 2020
SCALE is awesome!
- Our ROI was a cost savings of over $50,000 over 3+ years.
- We did not need to purchase any additional backup tools or applications.
October 15, 2020
Scale
- Ease of use.
- Time saving management.
- Easy scalability.
October 07, 2020
A partner perspective
- Decreased the cost of technical training for IT staff.
- Increased the efficiency of IT staff.
- Improved business resiliency during disruptions through VM replication.
- Our experience on both use and ROI has been positive. We’re able to be more flexible to users needs and have achieved much faster response times when something new is needed. We’ve also been able to focus on our quality systems and customer centric systems instead of maintaining a bunch of hardware and spending hours chopping up luns and configuring what workloads need to be run on what servers.
October 07, 2020
Fast, Easy, Supported
- Easier access to resources.
- Faster recovery times.
- Near immediate access to trained technical support.
October 02, 2020
Scale can take the weight of your business needs
- We have experienced cost reduction to our Disaster Recovery solution. The prior expense of 1 year of DR can now cover multiple years using Scale HC3 with Cloud Unity.
- Our Scale solution is more cost effective than our legacy solution. The cost of 1 major component (appliance) from our legacy solution was approximately half the cost of our production Scale cluster.
October 02, 2020
Scale Computing, Simple, Cost Effective, Reliable
- We saved $14,000 in VMware licensing fees by making the change. That's $14k every 3 years.
- We increased our disaster recovery response by having an extra node for the same price as a Nutanix solution.
- I was able to train a person on how to use it in less than a day, very easy to use.
October 02, 2020
Simply can't beat it!
- Moving from physical MS Window servers to virtual MS Servers running on Scale Computing HC3 in essence provided us with more MS Server licenses automatically.
- Whether unboxing, setting up a new machine and installing its OS, or performing machine recoveries, time to complete tasks are counted in minutes now, instead of hours.
- Scale Computing HC3 software updates are applied to one machine at a time, with you in control of each node upgrade, and no downtime to the VMs as it automatically moves the VMs around to allow updates to be applied that need a node to be rebooted.
October 02, 2020
Our first HCI system
- Less technical knowledge staff have the ability to admin the system.
- Set up once and leave it.
- More time to do other IT tasks.
June 03, 2020
Skip the rest, join the best, do it for less!
- Good initial ROI, when comparing to other HC or distributed stack deployments.
- Enabled growth of VMs and business intelligence similar to the ability you have on a public cloud with a fixed price.
- Potential awareness of initial bulk price vs ongoing price when buying as needed vs additional bulk pricing.
May 29, 2020
Scale Computing HC3 Review
- 2 instead of at least 4 servers were used, initial saving on equipment purchase
- Software for virtualization only with one license instead of one license per server
- Less power consumption due to optimization and fast replication
May 22, 2020
Scale Computing HC3 Review
- Faster response time to new server spinup
- Better management of servers
- Less laborious system administration
- Less hardware failure due to reduction in physical footprint
February 11, 2020
Scale Computing - Magnificent
- The most important impact was that it didn't require as much money to get it started. We started small with two server nodes and expanded from there.
October 05, 2019
Simple and high performing solution
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
- I think Scale Computing is hard to beat in terms of ROI. If you go with a cheaper solution you will most likely spend more time supporting and managing. Go with a more expensive solution and you buy features you may not need. Scale Computing was the perfect balance for us and provided the best ROI.
April 04, 2019
Scale Computing - Hyper-Convergence
- Scale has provided positive ROI in a reduction of hardware purchased for running servers
March 30, 2019
Scale Computing, the right systems for the right time.
- Too soon to tell, but I project an overall reduction of about 40% in software and hardware.
- Training and support should be able to be done in house as opposed to outsourced. Probably close to 100K savings each year for HQ alone.
- Remote site support and time to resolution should be cut in half or better.
- The number one thing Scale has done for me is give me peace of mind. I don't fear that ransomware or something else is going to cost me my job.
- Time savings have come with the virtual machines taking less time to reboot and to create. I was able to create 3 new domain controllers in about 25% of the time it took me on physical servers.
- Having the ability to kick off servers at the remote locations means that my down time is minutes instead of hours or days.
March 29, 2019
Big Impact on a Small Organization - Scale Computer HC3
- At this point, we have not seen a positive or negative return on investment. The product was needed and purchased. We continue to move along knowing we are in a better place than we were before.
March 29, 2019
HC3 - Truly a breath of fresh air.
- Prior to using HC3, our disaster recovery options were limited to replicating to out-buildings. With HC3 we now also replicate hosts to our other facilities, ensuring continuity should the worst occur.
- Managing an environment consisting entirely of physical hosts is time-consuming and limiting, since CPU and storage resources cannot be easily adjusted based on needs.
- Control technicians can perform nearly all system administrator functions, eliminating the need for a dedicated system administrator -- instead, we share our corporate system administrator resources to provide escalation support when needed.
March 29, 2019
Hidden Gem For Education CTOs
- If I were to remove the annual support, Scale is a tremendous cost savings to our infrastructure. However, that annual support removes any savings.