Medium Size School Using Scale Computing HC3
Updated October 23, 2020
Medium Size School Using Scale Computing HC3

Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Scale Computing HC3
Scale Computing HC3 is acting as our one source for CPU and storage in our datacenter. It is being used across the whole organization. It provides us the ability to have a single pain of glass into our server environment, and make patching a breeze.
Pros
- Very simple easy to use UI.
- No driver issues.
- Support has been top notch.
Cons
- The HC3 solution did not play nicely with our aging core switch, so we had to upgrade that as well.
- There was not support for transferring old application servers 2008 and under.
- I would like to see thermal readings in the UI.
- Single unit to upgrade.
- Power use is much less than old hosts+SAN with spinning disk.
- Single pane of glass to see if there is a failure.
Scale offered an all in one solution, with its own hypervisor. Having a single pain of glass for storage and computing makes it way easier to support. As a one man IT dept I was looking for as simple, yet robust as possible option. Scale fit that need, as well as came in under budget.
Using Scale Computing HC3
1000 - Our Scale Computing nodes are used across the whole school. They host all of our data and servers, including file, domain, print, and VDI. Every business function is represented from students, to teachers, to office staff, as well as IT.
1 - I am a one man IT department, and as such have to be a jack of all trades. As such I can go from desktop support, to network management, to server administration all in a matter of minutes. Scale Computing allows for this transition seamlessly with their easy to use UI.
- Storage
- Compute
- Disaster Recovery
- Backups
- Disaster Recovery
- Increased VDI
- Application read/write speeds greatly increased.
- Increased Remote worker support
- Higher availabity
- Easily scalable as business needs expand.
Evaluating Scale Computing HC3 and Competitors
Yes - 2 Cisco Blade Servers
1 EMC SAN
VMWare
All were over 5 years old and needed an upgrade.
1 EMC SAN
VMWare
All were over 5 years old and needed an upgrade.
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
Price is the main reason we went with Scale Computing. As a mid sized school we are right on the bottom edge of needing a hyper converged option. Scale was way cheaper than other big name options and delivered on many if not all of the same features. Best of all I was able to ditch VMware.
I do not think I would make changes. I sent the required hardware and budgetary numbers to all of the parties who wanted to provide a solution.
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