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General Cluster
December 06, 2017

General Cluster

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Scale Computing HC3

The majority of the servers within the client's company have been consolidated and run off of a four-node cluster. This solves concerns with redundancy and overall reliability. Windows Server clusters tend to be less reliable when it comes to load balancing, which can often lead to performance issues. The Scale cluster handles these tasks with ease.
  • The cluster is easily expandable by adding additional nodes. This can potentially keeps costs down by allowing you to increase the performance potential of your existing cluster.
  • Managing and controlling virtual machines is very straightforward and convenient from the browser-based control panel.
  • Creating and restoring snapshots is very easy, making it much less stressful to make major changes to VMs.
  • I honestly can't think of any cons off the top of my head. I've been fairly impressed with this product.
My experience with Scale support has been phenomenal and I would almost recommend them based entirely on this fact alone. They have always been extremely responsive and helpful. Any time a drive has failed (which isn't often), they've sent a replacement over night without all of the hassle that other server manufacturers might make you go through. If a drive has failed, I don't see the need to perform extensive hardware tests or attempt to re-install the OS (I'm looking at you, Dell).
We primarily use the cluster to run the domain controllers, ERP software, Exchange hybrid server, etc. Availability has been great, with very few issues. Overall, it's been a great experience and we know we can count on the Scale cluster to keep everything up and running.
  • As the cluster is owned by my client, and not myself, I'm unable to answer this question accurately.
The Scale cluster is well suited to businesses looking to consolidate servers and decrease the space required to run multiple machines, while also increasing overall reliability and availability. I don't know that it would be a good fit for a data center or other large high-volume setup but it works great for the day to day needs of many businesses.