Overall Satisfaction with Scale Computing HC3
It is used across the whole organization. We use it as our core VM platform. It is a major component of our Disaster Recovery policy as well with live snapshot replication. The capability to live migrate between nodes and to instantly spin up snapshots made this an easy decision for my organization
- Snapshotting - Scale is great at scheduled snapshots to add a layer of redundancy to any DR plan. it can also send snapshots to a remote scale system to act as a VM platform and a DR platform all at once
- Cloning - If there is an issue with a machine, it is extremely easy to clone it and work on it outside of production
- Ease of use - overall getting it set up required 2 or 3 command line commands and the nodes did all the work themselves. Uploading ISOs is easier in Scale than any other hypervisor I've ever used
- Replication - We utilize a second set of nodes in our DR site that all core servers replicate to hourly. We have never had an issue with failed replications over a VPN
- More support for importing VMs from XenCenter
- I wish the main interface was more organized, I know the users can make it very organized by using tags and such, but by default, it is very chaotic
- Better logs for admins to understand what is going on. The current logs don't let us know anything outside of knowing we need to contact support
- The ability to expand drive size instead of requiring cloning
Everything from active directory to banking software. It is easy to scale up, not so much to scale down.
- The best overall thing I can say about Scale is the increased DR support. If something fails with the scheduled snapshots we have a 10-minute recovery window so we never lose more than 10 minutes of data.
User Experience with Scale Computing
Do you think Scale Computing Platform delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Scale Computing Platform's feature set?
Yes
Did Scale Computing Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Scale Computing Platform go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Scale Computing Platform again?
Yes
When we initiated the rollout, there was one issue in the way we configured one of the scale devices. We were having issues getting the two stacks to link up and Scale came in and found the error in the setup config within 20 minutes. They really know what they are looking for and how to find it.
Using Scale Computing HC3
5 - IT
5 - Basic knowledge of Hypervisor terminology, other than that its fairly intuitive
- Disaster Recovery