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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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Monty M.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Great Support! Excellent install team!"
Simplicity! Much easier to use than VMware.
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4.5 out of 5
"Seamless Platform for VM Management"
The Scale Computing Platform is seamless and straightforward to use for IT administrators. It was relatively easy to implement the Scale nodes for ...
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robert s.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"My experiences with Scale"
It's easy to use, easy to set up, but right now, the thing I like best is that it is easy to transfer existing VMs from an old cluster to a new one...

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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.
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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 .
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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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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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Automotive
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What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

It was super easy to setup, support is quick and friendly, and is American based. The cluster we purchased was slightly oversized but we purchased as recommended, and it came in handy because we were able to add a bit more we weren't planning too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

There is not one thing I can we dislike about it. It has been a pleasure working with the company from start to finish, and even now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It replaced VMWare, allowing us to seamlessly transition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

Simplicity. Honestly, at first I thought it looked too simple, but after fully migrating over to Scale from VMware I realized I didn't require the thousand tweaks that it offered. Plus, most SysAdmin's dread upgrades to VMware and with Scale it is an absolute breeze. I spend barely anytime having to manage our 3-node cluster compared to what I was doing with our VMware cluster.

We've been running Scale for a little over 2 years and it's been exceptional. Support is all US based and timely.

We will be putting in our first DR node in a few months so we are committed to Scale. Also, no need to purchase additional licensing for replication. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

There are few things I wish they would add such as Hot Add CPU/Memory, Dynamic Memory, firmware management (the ability to managed drivers/firmware for the hardware), advanced networking (netflow within the hypervisor), VM metrics, VM boot order, and VM affinity (I want to make sure my Domain Controller's are running on different hosts).

Even with these features missing they weren't enough to sway me to stay with VMware or move to Nutanix. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We are small/medium business that didn't wanted to simplify our virtualized enviornment. Scale gave us a higher fault tolerances compared to our previous setup and freed up man-hours that could be focused on other projects. For small/medium businesses Scale is an exceptional product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KC
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What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

The Scale server platform provides everything you need without the unnecessary extras. Its user interface is clean and highly intuitive, making it simple to navigate. One of the standout features is the ability to take snapshots and create clones in just seconds. This functionality is invaluable when working on tasks that have the potential for issues, as you can recover quickly if needed.

Even if you’ve never used Scale before, an experienced administrator will have no trouble finding their way around. Additionally, their support team is outstanding—always quick to address any issues and provide solutions effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

Honestly, I don't have anything about the platform that I would consider a drawback. It has consistently met my needs and expectations without any notable issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We run our core and mission-critical applications on the Scale Computing Platform. It enables us to manage our servers quickly and efficiently. For instance, creating a new server takes only minutes, which significantly streamlines our operations.

We are currently in the process of purchasing our second Scale system, as our first one has served us exceptionally well for years. Scale offers an excellent balance of performance and cost compared to its competitors, making it a valuable investment for our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RS
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What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

It's easy to use, easy to set up, but right now, the thing I like best is that it is easy to transfer existing VMs from an old cluster to a new one. No more robocopy! Customer support is very well trained, speak English as their first language, and are interested in helping me resolve my issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

The fact that you no longer sell and configure switches to connect nodes and network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Scale has almost eliminated the huge learning curve normally associated with learning a new virtualization solution. It took me 20 times longer to learn VMWare as opposed to Scale. Scale is FAR more intuitive than other solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tim G.
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What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

The installation is procedure with the steps is very polished. It accounts for every decision and setup step, to make sure you both setting it up correctly, and walk away knowing how to manage it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

The worst part is the scheduling portal, sometimes it is buggy. If you request a phone request, and miss the initial call, it is difficult to get connected by calling back.

Using the web conference and asking them to call is the way to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Cost effective server hosting with redundancy and disaster recovery.

We had a traditional host - san setup that failed due to san issues, and the scale hypercore system is not susceptible to this type of failure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JA
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What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

I like the Scale platform because it is easier to use than other VMs, and does exactly what we need it to do.

We currently have it for 3 of our locations and currently building our clusters using your new552F line.

Its Fast, effective and affordable.

Anytime I have needed to speak with support they are always, friendly, informative, and it is hard to find good support these days, but not with Scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

The down side I currently experience is not really with Scale but with Acronis Backups. I believe we have all of those wrinkles ironed out now but not at the fault of Scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We do not have to purchase physical hardware, we can pick and choose what our servers need as far as CPUs, RAM, etc.. If we find an error on our end, at times its just faster to spin up a new machine instead of investing the time it would take to troubleshoot the issue which gives us less down time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

Yo got all the benefits of Hyperconvergence without spend a lot of money, easy to deploy and do not need so much work on maintenance, the support platform is easy to use, phone contact is smooth, replication is very efficient, you can get production and development enviroments together in one platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

Some vendors do not have specific deploys for VM compatible with Scale systems, but you can ever convert VM's to Scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We need a reliable platform with high availability and easy way to replicate building a DR site without third party components. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gary B.
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What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

When creating VMs, setting up the # of CPUs, allocated memory and disk space is incredibly simple. After migrating to Scale Computing, I set up VMs running Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008, Windows 10, Centos 7, and Redhat 8. In my opinion, one of the best features of Scale Computing is how easy I can manage my VMs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

Scale doesn't (at the time of this writing) support Microsoft's VM-Generation ID feature. This feature is intended to allow for the safe rollback of a Domain Controller from a snapshot when there is more than one Domain Controller in use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We had numerous hardware platforms that were approaching (or had outlived) their end of life. These included database servers, file servers and user resources, such as print servers. Numerous old servers could not be upgraded to the newest Windows editions and we were getting hardware failures. Moving everything to Scale Computing gave us an avenue to escape the hardware refresh headaches.

With Scale we eliminated a great deal of hardware by virtualizing these functions. We reduced our physical footprint and the cost to operate and cool all that hardware. Another big win was being able to virtualize and operate older operating systems when licensing or compatibility issues precluded a move to anything newer. Scale helped us assemble and use tools to virtualize some very old systems which would be impossible to keep running as hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RJ
IT Manager
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What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

Scale Computing has made my life easy by being able to manage one platform instead of multiple layers that come with other VM platforms. Scale Computing Support is also supreme. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

I did not come across them earlier in my life Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

My systems appear to have almost 100% uptime and never any issue. The ease of manipulating a VM is a simple process and file recovery is so simple time I bite myself each time I have to do it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Trey A.
TA
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What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

The learning curve for effective administration is surprisingly flat. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

To be honest, my experience with the product and support getting up and running, I have no dislikes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Ongoing licensing costs have been cut by 40%. Also, the entire physical infrastructure of our organization has been reduced to a mere 2-u rackspace unit versus 4 physical servers taking up rackspace and power resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.