Scale vs. VMware (Scale Wins)
June 19, 2017
Scale vs. VMware (Scale Wins)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Scale Computing HC3
We use Scale Computing HC3 to host our VOIP product, this replaced a VMWare setup.
Pros
- Simple interface: The user interface is graphical and easy to navigate. Creating a new VM is quick.
- Scalable: Easy to add additional nodes to increase capacity, no loss of data and minimal down time.
- Support: Scale technical support is helpful and responsive. We have had a few drives fail and replacement shipping is usually overnight!
Cons
- Details performance reports: We would like to see detailed performance reports for a specific VM, server and cluster.
- Better error logs: We have had errors on the GUI that say something like "The system has an error, contact support". This is unsettling as a large portion of our business relays on these servers.
- Better built in graphics support on VMs. We would like to use a few VM's as remote connection workstations, however the virtual graphics cards make this impossible, we can only get 800x400 display and that carries through to remote connection programs.
- Scale has allowed us to grow our product without the fear of every growing VMware licensing and server fees.
Statistics on VMware are better, I can see performance logs more clearly. Scale is easier to use and more cost effective.
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