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What is Scale Computing Platform?

Scale Computing was founded to fulfill an IT infrastructure need often hindered by the complexity, time, and resources that traditional virtualized IT environments demand. Today, Scale Computing delivers a platform solution for data center, edge computing, virtualization technology, and hyperconverged infrastructure to customers worldwide. Award-winning Scale Computing Platform eliminates the need for traditional virtualization software, disaster recovery software, servers, and shared storage, replacing these with a fully integrated, highly available system for running applications. 1. Simplicity Engineered Eliminate mundane management tasks and save IT administrators valuable time. SC//Platform's simplicity directly impacts IT with higher productivity and lower costs. Using patented HyperCore™ technology, the self-healing platform automatically identifies, mitigates, and corrects problems in the infrastructure in real time, enabling applications to achieve maximum uptime even when local IT resources and staff are scarce. 2. Scalable Plan the perfect future by not predicting it. Simply mix and match old and new hardware and applications on the same infrastructure for a future-proof environment that can scale up or down as needed. The storage system avoids issues inherent in traditional network storage approaches (SAN and NAS). By embedding storage with the hypervisor, resources can be automatically pooled across an entire cluster, and new storage is automatically added when new nodes are introduced. 3. Secure SC//Platform is designed to be 'Secure by Default,' meaning security isn't an option—it's a fundamental component ingrained in every aspect of the system. This approach eliminates the need for extensive configuration or additional security layers post-deployment. Unlike alternative solutions that require a long and complex “security best practices” checklist, SC//Platform limits the potential for misconfiguration vulnerabilities. 4. Manageable Scale Computing Fleet Manager combines centralized management with cloud and local automation, allowing infrastructure and applications to achieve and maintain the desired state throughout the entire life of the environment. Zero-touch provisioning decreases the time of installation by 90% or more Secure Link allows access to the HyperCore UI for in-depth cluster management with the click of a button without needing expensive or complex remote access solutions such as VPN or RDP Real-time monitoring of all workloads across a global fleet of SC//HyperCore clusters is made even easier with a searchable and customizable view 5. Cost-Effective Reduce IT infrastructure costs in almost every way. Hidden IT infrastructure costs associated with downtime, management, maintenance, training, and consulting are reduced to almost nothing. For more information: SC//Platform - https://www.scalecomputing.com/sc-platform SC//Fleet Manager - https://www.scalecomputing.com/sc-fleet-manager SC//HyperCore - https://www.scalecomputing.com/sc-hypercore

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Scale Computing is a global business with offices around the world, thousands of customers, and countless applications now running on Scale Computing Platform. Strategic partners include market leaders such as Google, Intel, APC Schneider, Lenovo, NEC, BCDVideo, and others. Some of the largest organizations in the world trust SC//Platform to run critical infrastructure, such as Hilton Hotels, Steel Dynamics, Farm Bureau Insurance, McDonald’s, Sumitomo Corporation, Delhaize, Holiday Inn, Air Liquide, and many others.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Scale Computing is engineered for simplicity. Former VMware customers cut downtime by 90% and reduced costs by 40% with a simpler, more reliable solution!

Customers choose Scale Computing for:
Simpler Management: Manage your entire infrastructure from one interface without complex licensing or vendor lock-in.

Integrated Backup and Disaster Recovery: Enjoy a comprehensive solution for data protection, ensuring businesses are well-prepared for any unforeseen disruptions.

Built-In High Availability: Enjoy peace of mind with integrated high availability and disaster recovery at no extra cost.

Effortless Scalability: Scale your environment seamlessly without the headaches of VMware’s multi-layered architecture.

Proven Performance: Leverage hyperconverged infrastructure for faster speeds and reduced latency.

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Scale Computing is a leader in edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions for customers around the globe. Scale Computing HyperCore software eliminates the need for traditional virtualization software, disaster recovery software, servers, and shared storage, replacing these with a fully integrated, highly available system for running applications. The Scale Computing self-healing platform automatically identifies, mitigates, and corrects problems in the infrastructure in real-time, enabling applications to achieve maximum uptime even when local IT resources and staff are scarce. This innovation makes Scale Computing Platform simple for IT to manage and administer.When ease-of-use, high availability, and TCO matter, Scale Computing is the ideal infrastructure platform for distributed enterprises, global retailers, and SMBs alike.

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Scale Computing Platform Demo - Scale Computing Fleet Manager

Manage your organization’s fleet of Clusters.

Scale Computing Platform Demo - Scale Computing Fleet Management Dashboard

At-a-glance summary of the health of your fleet upon login

Scale Computing Platform Demo - Cluster Details

Details of a particular cluster, including health, fleet manager connectivity, nodes, and VMs

Scale Computing Platform Demo - Hypercore UI

Simple Web Interface for Local Management of the Cluster and its Workloads

You might be perfectly satisfied with your VMware investment's price, management overhead, and reliability. If so, it's all good. Or you might be wondering if there is an alternative.

Taylor Leick, Senior Product Manager, demonstrates Scale Computing’s Fleet Manager, a robust tool managing over 14k systems with simplicity and scalability in mind, featuring single sign-on, role-based access control, and real-time data .

Reduce costs and data complexity with your current IT team through automation. Organizations are constantly battling with the demands of growth and doing more with less.

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Verified User in Entertainment

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/6/2023

"Switched all Corporate Servers to Scale"

5/5

What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

Ease of Implementation/Migration from VMWare/Physical Servers. Ease of Management. All in One Platform. Always available Customer Servide. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

In 13 Years of using the Scale Platform, I have found 0 downsides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Manufacturing

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/6/2023

"Easiest to Use!"

5/5

What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

I like the easy manageability and the robustness of the entire system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

I have really not found much of anything that I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Manufacturing

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/20/2022

"Reliable and easy to use hypervisor"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

Ease of use, cost of ownership, US based support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

Replication options are limited, need more options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food Production

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/6/2023

"Solid hypervisor platform"

4/5

What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

Scale has a very solid Small/Medium customer solution. The best possible support team I've ever seen Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

A lot of features that are "standard" for "major" platforms are not available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daniel F.

Chief Information Officer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/10/2023

"HyperConverged Review"

5/5

What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

The best feature of the Scale Computing Platform is its growth potential. The platform can start small and grow to a large size quickly and inexpensively. The ability to add additional clusters as needed allows an uncapped growth potential. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

The snapshot and replication engine is not as transparent as it could be. The jobs use the same resources and do not currently allow for symmetric processing during these tasks. This requires extra care while applying policies to fit within specific time guidelines. Additionally, total disk usage is not transparent. Currently, it is not possible to tell why some snapshots take up so much space on the disk, however, snapshots can be offloaded to a DR host to address the space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pat M.

IT Infrastructure Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/28/2022

"Simple, scalable and affordable"

5/5

What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

Fifteen years ago to get a highly available system, you would have to install storage, servers, networking and make them all work together. This requires having specialist for each area or outsourcing to experts. As an IT manager I don't want to be an expert in any of those areas, my time needs to be focused on operating my business. With Scale, the hardest part was rack mounting the servers and plugging in cables. Everything is configured to work together and I don't have to carve out LUN's or install and learn a hypervisor. Within 15 minutes of contacting service my system was up and running Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

Since Scale Computing is really not a start up anymore some of the management tools need to progress. They recently release Fleet Manager that allows you see all of your clusters on a single page and allows you to drill down to each cluster. A single sign-on from Fleet to the clusters would be helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Scale Computing Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

The solution I was using previously is not as scalable as the Scale Computing Platform. With the old system I had to put in a new chasis every 3 to 5 years when it is time to add capacity. With Scale Computing I'm being told that I don't have to buy more hardware than needed to expand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brandon B.

Director of Information Technology

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/27/2022

"Just works, with a simple interface, and easy implementation."

5/5

What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

Scale helped us scale our infrastructure down, reducing licensing, training, and staff costs overall. Our support calls have also gone down after the implementation. This program offers to replace standard virtualization techniques, catastrophe system restore, data centers, and sharing storage with a completely integrated, massively scalable application-running system. It's straightforward to operate and requires almost little upkeep. To be truthful, it has offloaded a ton of time. It is simple to use and clear. I don't often have to log into the group for a month or over, but if I do, I recall precisely where I have to go to do certain activities. HC3 is utilized throughout the business for all server requirements. It houses all of our virtual machines along with all of our network-attached storage. It has resolved the challenges with a VMware license, an obsolete SAN, and the various host servers necessary to run a Virtual configuration effectively. It's one of the most excellent methods I have ever implemented. Support has been fantastic over time, and new functions have been introduced to strengthen a product. Everything is now run on our Scale platform. This contains SQL for our Erp system and other licensing apps, data centers, and network equipment. I have even put up some PCs for VPN usage. Everything works perfectly. We can't imagine a situation where Scale wouldn't satisfy our requirements. Compared to more sophisticated systems, using HC3 is just like bliss. It is straightforward to create a new Vms and replicate a design. There is no need for extensive training to come up to speed. There is no need for a workplace specialist to assist you in managing your networks. Managing 50 VMs is simple, and many employees may all have access to their parts. It's one of those things that save a lot of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

Nothing stands out, and the learning curve was very minimal with our transition from VMware. The reduction of space in our data center was significant. Support from Scale was great. Overall very happy with the product. Virtual hard discs are tough to expand. And I might prefer to observe actual circular availability rather than just the raw quantity of TB. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Scale Computing Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has reduced our data center infrastructure footprint, licensing costs, training costs, support costs, and administration time. This is a significant benefit for us since we are a small IT shop. Changing firmware with earlier systems is a considerable undertaking when opposed to Scale. The scale suggests doing it during the production cycle rather than planning leisure time in the evening or on Saturday and Sunday. It makes things easier to manage because I don't have to turn up to work during my days off. The technical assistance provided by Scale is unparalleled. I have had a couple of problems with it, and everyone I've verbalized with has been skilled, approachable, and eager to assist in resolving any concerns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Grace Chelsea T.

Acting Director IT

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/23/2023

"Simple and Fast deployment and easy management"

5/5

What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

What I find most helpful with Scale computing is the very simple deployment - from the box to the server rack. My team was also guided and trained by the committed and supportive Scale team so the installation of our Scale Nodes was a breeze with no hiccups.

Additionally, the overall management of our Scale environment is relatively easy and user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

The only downside from our end would be the time-zone difference between PNG and Indianapolis ( Scale Computing HQ), as this significantly affects how fast Scale Support Team responds to our support calls.

My suggestion would be for Scale to consider having a support presence in the Asia- Pacific region. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arley S.

System Administrator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/20/2022

"Hyper V migration to Scale HC3"

5/5

What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

I like the failover protection the HC3 cluster provides in the event of failure. I also believe the dashboard is very intuitive, and easy to manage all VM's from one screen is nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

I disliked using carbonite to migrate my Hyper V VM's into Scale. I think scale needs to implement software for the migration rather than a third party for ease of use and compatibility. My other complaint was having to adjust resolution in the bios for older VM's with no way to add a delay in the bootup process, the VM's boot so quickly it would take multiple reboots to get into the bios to make adjustments. I think adding the option for an artificial delay on boot for bios access would help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Chris P.

Director Of Technology

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/20/2022

"Best Choice for Virtualization of Servers!"

5/5

What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

We have been on Scale since March 2021 and will never go back to any other virtual solution! Since at Maconaquah we have been on Citrix and VMware and without question, this solution is simple and just works. The support at Scale is the best I have ever dealt with. You can start a support chat and they will respond quickly and assist with whatever Scale needs we have. It has a small company feel but with big company results. I also love how they combine the storage, computing, and OS all in one! I am not an expert in server management so this solution has allowed me to look good without requiring a ton of time and effort on my side! I highly recommend this solution for anyone that wants a fast, reliable and user friendly solution to a complex problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

The only dislike I have is not having a robust 2FA option. We have moved to Cisco Duo for 2FA and we would like to see Scale implement something that integrates with Cisco Duo moving forward. Other than that, no complaints! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.