Item: Scale Computing Platform
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Scale Computing HC3

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

HC3 hosts the core servers for our entire network.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Firmware updates are dead simple
Tech support is easy, fast and thorough
Building Servers only takes minutes

Cons

Server performance when logged in seems sluggish.
Even though we got discounted pricing it may not be the cheapest solution but the benefits definitely are worth it.
They say that parts will arrive next day but in our remote locations they (like other vendors) don't seem to realize that there is no such thing as "next day" delivery.

Support Rating

I work in IT support and these guys know how to do it right. They're fast, efficient and they know what they're doing.

Apps Run

SQL, Exchange, Active Directory. I haven't found anything that doesn't really work yet.

Return on Investment

No longer have to worry about buying server hardware. I'm just seconds or minutes away from spinning up a new server.
Saves time.
Creates less stress

Alternatives Considered

HP, Dell, Cisco etc...

Simplicity, low maintainence, cost.

Scale HC3 is great in so many situations. If you want a small physical footprint but have the ability to spin up dozens of servers in minutes then it is fabulous. They also have an offsite replication package. You have 2 sets of nodes in different sites and the main site replicates to the offsite backup. If something catastrophic happens to the main site you just point everything to the offsite locations and nothing is lost because the offsite is an exact replica. Almost no downtime and no data loss.

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Scale HC3 is the way to go.