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#Containers
  
#Edge Computing
  
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#Server virtualisation
  
#VDI
  
#Virtualization

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24341802 / –

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Scale Computing

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Hardware and Software

Upgrade your IT Infrastructure with the Industry-Leading VMware Alternative

We’ll cover your remaining VMware term at no cost!

Scale Computing engineered the Scale Computing Platform, an IT infrastructure solution that allows organizations to do more with less. Scale Computing HyperCore software eliminates the need for traditional IT silos of virtualization software, disaster recovery software, servers, and shared storage, replacing these with a fully integrated, highly available platform for running applications. The patented 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.

Today, the ever-expanding expectations of our digital world demand more applications run outside the cloud or data center, close to where they are used by people, devices and IoT technologies. But managing the sprawl of complex infrastructure to run applications locally in distributed locations is an escalating burden on IT departments. Attempts to handle these edge workloads with tools built for the cloud or traditional data centers result in excess cost, complexity, and fragility that fail to deliver on the promise of edge computing. With SC//Platform, you can run applications and process data outside centralized data centers, at the edge of your network closest to where that data is created and utilized.

A Discussion of Soft, Hidden, and Ongoing Infrastructure Costs

When considering a new IT infrastructure solution, the acquisition cost of the hardware and software to standup the infrastructure is only the starting point for cost analysis. It is important to look into the operational costs of deployment, training, licensing, scale out, downtime, and management. All of these considerations contribute to the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the solution.

This document will dive into the TCO of Scale Computing Platform and discuss how it compares to traditional architecture models. The combined considerations of different areas of costs will give a broader and more complete picture of how SC//Platform affects IT costs. With a focus on serving small and midmarket IT, Scale Computing is committed to making virtualization infrastructure both accessible and affordable for any size organization.

Deployment

Traditional infrastructure deployment usually consists of deploying a SAN or NAS appliance, multiple virtual host servers, and then layering on a virtualization hypervisor. These three components are usually from different vendors meaning that each component is deployed separately and then configured and integrated into the complete infrastructure solution. With SC//Platform, the deployment is almost turnkey.

Because Scale Computing HyperCore™ combines server, storage, hypervisor, and management in a single appliance, all supported by a single vendor, a cluster of three or more nodes can be quickly deployed in under an hour. There is no integration of components other than assigning IP addresses to cluster nodes to create network connections for clustering. Storage is automatically striped and pooled across the entire cluster so there is no storage configuration. The hypervisor is included and preinstalled on each node, so there is no added configuration or integration of software needed.

From shipping container to rack to running live virtual machines (VMs), even a novice administrator can have SC//Platform deployed and ready for production in well under one hour. Compare that to traditional infrastructure that may take days or even weeks to deploy and test before putting into production. Getting up and running is only the first phase of deployment. The second phase is migrating your workloads to the infrastructure.

The migration process is going to be more or less the same on SC//Platform as on any virtualization platform. All hypervisors have tools to import VMs from other hypervisors and convert them to their own format. There are third-party tools that can assist in migrating workloads from any physical or virtual server with practically no downtime. It involves some planning and at least minimal planned downtime to account for any potential issues that may pop up.

Because the process is almost the same on any hypervisor, migration alone is not a differentiator, however support and services for migration can be a big difference. Scale offers a number of migration services. These services range from migrating every workload onto SC//HyperCore and handing every aspect of migration to comprehensive migration walkthrough and training with users, enabling them to repeat the process on their own. Aside from service offerings, migration is supported by ScaleCare support services including how-to documentation along with an optional migration tool called Scale Computing Move. All ScaleCare customers also enjoy 24/7 phone and email support to assist through any critical issues.

So to sum up the deployment and migration costs, it is a simple matter of calculating the costs of administrator hours, third-party migration tools (if used), and downtime (if applicable). Compare the rapid delivery within a couple hours for SC//Platform to traditional virtualization infrastructure that can take days or weeks to fully deploy.

Training

Training and certification is often required to administer many technologies traditionally deployed in virtualization infrastructure including SAN or NAS solutions, hypervisors, and virtualization management tools. This kind of training can require dedicated offsite classroom learning or self-driven training through online resources, requiring days of time to complete. The cost of training can be high in terms of purchasing trainer classroom time, travel, and administrator time spent. Even with classroom training, administrators are often required to self-train hours of each week on updates and changes to ensure all components of the infrastructure remain compatible.

SC//Platform requires no specific training and has been designed so that it can be administered easily by IT generalists or even novices. Although there are some minimal training offerings around migration and deployment, most users are able to become familiar with the management interface rapidly during deployment without the need for any training resources.

In fact, it’s so simple that part of the included installation service is a HyperCore UI introduction and first VM creation walkthrough as part of the installation time. There are no certifications required. Training costs are usually calculated as zero for SC//Platform administration.

Software Licensing

One of the most oppressive costs of virtualization can be renewing hypervisor licensing costs. In particular, VMware can come with high annual license renewal costs both for the hypervisor and for vCenter management. Software licensing for virtualization can vary depending on the license type and implementation size. Free versions of hypervisors are sometimes available but often lack many of the features of the full hypervisor version that comes with the hefty price tag. Licensing can become an issue when scaling out infrastructure as well, when adding a new host server can require new licensing and sometimes move the whole solution into the next tier of licensing and significantly higher cost.

SC//Platform does not require any software licensing fees or renewals. All SC//Platform customers receive the full version of the built-in HyperCore hypervisor and all updates are available at no extra charge to customers under active support contracts including any new or existing features. Also, SC//Platform does not require any additional management tools at extra cost. This results in zero software licensing cost for SC//Platform. When compared to many VMware implementations, the cost of SC//Platform is often absorbed simply by the savings from eliminating the software licensing renewals from VMware.

Brochure

BRS_partner_promo_11-2023
Disaster Recovery Strategies – White …
Financial Services non-cobranded 01
DATA SHEET – Edge Deployment Service – V2
DATA SHEET – Health Check and Audit Service
Introduction to HCI – White Paper – Published 1-2020 (1) 01
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Retail non-cobranded 01
SC Platform Difference_9-23-cobrand
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SC_Data Protection Suite_7-22
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SC_Features Guide_7-22
SC_Fleet Manager_EU_Data Sheet_11-2023-cobrand
SC_Platform_Edge_Data Sheet_5-22-cobrand
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SC_retail brief_9-23-cobrand
SC_Regulatory Compliance_7-23-cobrand
SC_TCO Infographic_link_7-23
SC_Virtualization Excellence_whitepaper_10-23-cobrand
SC–HyperCore Surveillance – Brochure – Published 6-22
SC–Services – BCDR Guide – End User – Published 10-23
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Data Sheet

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SC Acronis Backup Brief_12-23
SC_HC3000_spec_sheet_11-2023
SC_EDGE_data_sheet_landscape_11-2023
SC_HC5000_spec_sheet_11-2023

Case Study

1st Summit Bank
4M Pharmaceuticals
21st Century Equipment
A. A. A. Refrigeration Service, Inc.
Abilene Memorial Health System
Adelman Travel Group
AdminisTEP LLC (formerly Legacy Consulting)
Alliedstaffing.com
Amazing Facts
American College of Education
Anderson Rasor _ Partners
Antelope Oil Tool and Manufacturing
Arc Excess _ Surplus Llc
Automation Engineering
BarberMcMurry Architects
BARD Materials
Barton College
Bear Creek Contracting Ltd.
Benchmark Electronics, Inc.
Bender Warehouse Co
Bengal Transport
Big Al’s
Bleistahl North America
Blue Harbor Resort _ Spa
Borough of State College
Boston University
Boughey Distribution Ltd
Bourland Soben
Bowtech
Breedon Aggregates
Browning School District 9
Bryan County
C Kenergy
Cab Logistics, Inc.
Canadian Museum Of History
Carepro Health
Cariboo Regional District
Cata
Cedar Graphics, Inc.
Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.
Central Fulton School District
Chaitons LLP
Challenger Motor Freight, Inc.
Children’s Education Funds Inc
Citizens Medical Center
City Of Biddeford
City Of Ellsworth, Maine
City of Milpitas
City of Nichols Hills
City Of Noblesville
City Of Pewaukee
City of Saint Louis Treasurer’s Office
City Of St Cloud
City of St. Louis Office Of The Treasurer
City Of West Chicago
CMP AMS
CNPPID
Coast Wholesale Appliances
Colquitt Electric Membership Corporation
Connection Pointe Church
Continental Refining
Cookietree Inc.
Costa Salud Community Heath
Crawford Central School District
Crosby ISD
Cruickshank Construction Ltd
Cultural Institution
Cypress Christian School
Daman Products
Dan Holdings
Desbuild Incorporated
Dispatch Center Ltd
Dowler-Karn
Dunk _ Associates
Earl May Seed _ Nursery
Ebara International Corporation
Echo Energy, LLC
Economy Advertising
Educational Institution
Employer Advantage
Engelberth Construction, Inc.
Ewing Township
Fawn Engineering
Federal Government
Filling Home Main Campus
Fitment Group
Floricultura B.V.
Fort Vermilion School District #52
Fortune 500 Construction Company
Foundation

Video

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Date

Title

Scale Computing Named a Top 5 VMware vSphere Alternative by the Data Center Intelligence Group

Scale Computing Releases Free Total Cost of Ownership Calculator for Evaluating IT Infrastructure

Scale Computing Named to Prestigious 2024 MES Midmarket 100 List

GigaOm Recognizes Scale Computing as a Leader in its 2024 Radar Report for Full-Stack Edge Deployments

Scale Computing Partners with WiCom Networks to Deliver a VMware Alternative Solution to Latin American IT Markets

Scale Computing Named a Finalist in CRN’s 2024 Tech Innovator Awards

MES Spring 2024 Recap: Why the Cloud Isn’t Right for Everyone

Tarsus Distribution Partners with Scale Computing to Deliver a VMware Alternative to the Southern African Market

Containers Gone Rogue! New IT Superhero Arrives to Conquer Container Chaos

Simply NUC and Scale Computing Continue to Join Forces to Deliver Next Generation Edge Solutions

Scale Computing Recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for Edge Computing

CRN Recognizes Scale Computing’s Marlena Fernandez, Rachael Galey on the 2024 Women of the Channel List

Scale Computing Platform Recognized with 37 Badges in G2 Spring 2024 Report

Scale Computing Announces 2024 Scale Computing Platform Summit Awards Finalists

Scale Computing’s Scott Mann Receives Exclusive Recognition as One of CRN’s 50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs for 2024

Scale Computing Announces 2024 Speakers for Second Annual Platform Summit

Scale Computing Announces VMware Rip & Replace Promotion in Wake of Broadcom Acquisition

Scale Computing Launches New Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Campaign to Help Protect Your Business

Scale Computing and RackTop Systems Partner to Provide Cyberstorage Solution for Active Defense Against Cyber Threats

Scale Computing Launches New Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Campaign to Help Protect Your Business

Scale Computing Announces Recognition in the 2023 Gartner® Voice of the Customer

Scale Computing Platform and Scale Computing Fleet Manager Honored In CRN’s 2023 Products of the Year Awards

Scale Computing Announces New Edge Computing Innovations for Fleet Manager, HE100 Product Line

Scale Computing Announces Second Annual Scale Computing Platform Summit April 16-18 2024

Scale Computing Recognized with Three 2023 TrustRadius Awards: Best Feature Set, Best Relationship, and Best Value for the Price

Scale Computing Recognized on the 2023 CRN Edge Computing 100 List

Minimize the Cost and Downtime of Disaster With Scale Computing’s Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Planning Service

Scale Computing’s Marlena Fernandez Named a Finalist for the 2023 CRN Women of the Year Awards

Scale Computing Offers Simple, Secure, Reliable IT Infrastructure to Combat ‘Zombie’ Technology

Scale Computing Awarded 19 Badges in G2 Fall 2023 Report

Scale Computing’s Jeff Ready and Mike O’Neil to Speak at SpiceWorld 2023

Scale Computing Named Winner of CRN’s Annual Report Card (ARC) Award for the Fifth Consecutive Year

New Survey Reveals Organizations Are Not Maximizing Their IT Infrastructure Investment Due to Complexity and Unreliability of Current Virtualization Software

Scale Computing’s Jeff Ready, Scott Mann Recognized on CRN’s 2023 Top 100 Executives List

Scale Computing Named a Winner for CRN’s 2023 Tech Innovator Award

Edge In Depth: 5 Key Edge Computing Topologies

Luck o’ the Edge Trial

How Edge Computing will Make Hyperconverged Infrastructure Ubiquitous

7 Questions to Ask an Edge Computing Provider

5 Reasons Why Scale Computing HC3 is the Perfect Edge Computing Infrastructure

5 Edge Computing Predictions for 2022

Top 5 Requirements for a Successful Edge Deployment

How Application Management Needs are Driving Edge Computing

Industry on The Edge: 3 Use Cases That Show How Industry is Putting Edge Computing to Work Today

Scale Computing Customer Edge Data Center Project Named a Finalist in 2021 DCD>Awards

Scale Computing Recognized on the 2021 CRN Edge Computing 100 List

Scale Computing Named a Winner for CRN’s 2021 Tech Innovator Award

Preview of Scale Computing at SpiceWorld: How Edge Computing is Fueling Innovation Today

Scale Computing Continues to Deliver High-Performing, Scalable Edge Computing and IT Infrastructure to the Government Sector

Scale Computing Wins TrustRadius 2021 Top Rated Awards

Scale Computing Partners with Distributor KSG to Deliver Edge Computing in Japan

Scale Computing Delivers Highly Available, Efficient, Scalable IT Infrastructure to Educational Institutions

Scale Computing’s Marlena Fernandez Recognized for Second Consecutive Year on CRN’s 2021 Women of the Channel List and Channel Power 100 List

Scale Computing and Parallels RAS Collaborate to Deliver Improved End User VDI Experience for Post-Pandemic Workforces

Scale Computing Continues to Deliver High-Performing, Scalable Edge Computing and IT Infrastructure to Manufacturing Industry

Scale Computing Delivers High-Performing, Efficient, and Scalable IT Infrastructure to Transportation Services Industry

Scale Computing HE150 Named to SearchStorage’s 2020 Storage Products of the Year, Best Enterprise Storage Systems and Products of 2020

Scale Computing Announces HC3 Video Surveillance and Security Solutions

Scale Computing Named a Finalist in Storage Magazine, SearchStorage 2020 Products of the Year Awards

Scale Computing Named a “Leader” and “Outperformer” in the GigaOm Radar Report for Hyperconverged Infrastructure: Small-to-Medium Enterprises and Edge

Scale Computing Wins First Place in Trifecta of Customer Satisfaction Awards: 2021 Best Feature Set, Best Usability, and Best Customer Support From TrustRadius

Scale Computing Recognized in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software for Fourth Year in a Row

Scale Computing and Pedab Group AB announce partnership to bring HCI and edge computing solutions to Nordics, Baltics, and France

Scale Computing Announces $30M Funding Round

Scale Computing HE150 Named a 2020 CRN® Product of the Year Winner

Scale Computing HCI: Improving Performance for Remote Workers from the Data Center to the Edge

Scale Computing Launches Industry’s First Edge Computing Trial Program with Hardware

4 Tips for Edge Computing Deployments

HCI and Edge Computing – The Next Frontier for AI

What is Hyperconvergence? A Complete Guide to HCI

How to Manage Your Evolving Edge Computing Needs With Hyperconvergence

Scale Computing Wins Tech Cares 2020 Award

Empire Airlines Soars to New Heights with Scale Computing

Risas Dental and Braces Turns to Scale Computing’s High-performing Edge Computing IT Infrastructure for Maximum Uptime and Reliability

Serving the socially distanced consumer: why retailers need to go to the edge

The Gorilla Guide to Delivering Turnkey IT Systems

Scale Computing Ranks No. 1 on CRN’s 2020 Annual Report Card for Edge Computing and Converged/Hyperconverged Categories

Jeff Ready of Scale Computing Honored on CRN’s 2020 Top 100 Executives List and named a Top 25 Disruptor

Scale Computing Delivers High Availability, Increased Reliability and Ease of Use to Healthcare Organizations

Scale Computing and Mustek announce partnership to bring HCI and edge computing solutions to market in South Africa


2024-08-09

Scale Computing Named a Top 5 VMware vSphere Alternative by the Data Center Intelligence Group

2024-07-29

Scale Computing Releases Free Total Cost of Ownership Calculator for Evaluating IT Infrastructure

2024-07-20

Scale Computing Named to Prestigious 2024 MES Midmarket 100 List

2024-07-15

GigaOm Recognizes Scale Computing as a Leader in its 2024 Radar Report for Full-Stack Edge Deployments

2024-07-13

Scale Computing Partners with WiCom Networks to Deliver a VMware Alternative Solution to Latin American IT Markets

2024-07-03

Scale Computing Named a Finalist in CRN’s 2024 Tech Innovator Awards

2024-06-29

MES Spring 2024 Recap: Why the Cloud Isn’t Right for Everyone

2024-06-25

Tarsus Distribution Partners with Scale Computing to Deliver a VMware Alternative to the Southern African Market

2024-06-05

Containers Gone Rogue! New IT Superhero Arrives to Conquer Container Chaos

2024-06-02

Simply NUC and Scale Computing Continue to Join Forces to Deliver Next Generation Edge Solutions

2024-05-19

Scale Computing Recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for Edge Computing

2024-05-17

CRN Recognizes Scale Computing’s Marlena Fernandez, Rachael Galey on the 2024 Women of the Channel List

2024-04-08

Scale Computing Platform Recognized with 37 Badges in G2 Spring 2024 Report

2024-03-27

Scale Computing Announces 2024 Scale Computing Platform Summit Awards Finalists

2024-02-15

Scale Computing’s Scott Mann Receives Exclusive Recognition as One of CRN’s 50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs for 2024

2024-02-14

Scale Computing Announces 2024 Speakers for Second Annual Platform Summit

2024-02-08

Scale Computing Announces VMware Rip & Replace Promotion in Wake of Broadcom Acquisition

2024-01-19

Scale Computing Launches New Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Campaign to Help Protect Your Business

2024-01-17

Scale Computing and RackTop Systems Partner to Provide Cyberstorage Solution for Active Defense Against Cyber Threats

2024-01-12

Scale Computing Launches New Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Campaign to Help Protect Your Business

2023-12-17

Scale Computing Announces Recognition in the 2023 Gartner® Voice of the Customer

2023-12-15

Scale Computing Platform and Scale Computing Fleet Manager Honored In CRN’s 2023 Products of the Year Awards

2023-12-13

Scale Computing Announces New Edge Computing Innovations for Fleet Manager, HE100 Product Line

Overview

Product Information

Price

Starting at HK$ 33235

MSRP

–

Category

#Backup
  
#Containers
  
#Edge Computing
  
#Remote Access
  
#Server virtualisation
  
#VDI
  
#Virtualization

V2D Part # / MFR Part #

24341802 / –

Manufacturer

Scale Computing

License Type

Hardware and Software

Upgrade your IT Infrastructure with the Industry-Leading VMware Alternative

We’ll cover your remaining VMware term at no cost!

Scale Computing engineered the Scale Computing Platform, an IT infrastructure solution that allows organizations to do more with less. Scale Computing HyperCore software eliminates the need for traditional IT silos of virtualization software, disaster recovery software, servers, and shared storage, replacing these with a fully integrated, highly available platform for running applications. The patented 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.

Today, the ever-expanding expectations of our digital world demand more applications run outside the cloud or data center, close to where they are used by people, devices and IoT technologies. But managing the sprawl of complex infrastructure to run applications locally in distributed locations is an escalating burden on IT departments. Attempts to handle these edge workloads with tools built for the cloud or traditional data centers result in excess cost, complexity, and fragility that fail to deliver on the promise of edge computing. With SC//Platform, you can run applications and process data outside centralized data centers, at the edge of your network closest to where that data is created and utilized.

A Discussion of Soft, Hidden, and Ongoing Infrastructure Costs

When considering a new IT infrastructure solution, the acquisition cost of the hardware and software to standup the infrastructure is only the starting point for cost analysis. It is important to look into the operational costs of deployment, training, licensing, scale out, downtime, and management. All of these considerations contribute to the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the solution.

This document will dive into the TCO of Scale Computing Platform and discuss how it compares to traditional architecture models. The combined considerations of different areas of costs will give a broader and more complete picture of how SC//Platform affects IT costs. With a focus on serving small and midmarket IT, Scale Computing is committed to making virtualization infrastructure both accessible and affordable for any size organization.

Deployment

Traditional infrastructure deployment usually consists of deploying a SAN or NAS appliance, multiple virtual host servers, and then layering on a virtualization hypervisor. These three components are usually from different vendors meaning that each component is deployed separately and then configured and integrated into the complete infrastructure solution. With SC//Platform, the deployment is almost turnkey.

Because Scale Computing HyperCore™ combines server, storage, hypervisor, and management in a single appliance, all supported by a single vendor, a cluster of three or more nodes can be quickly deployed in under an hour. There is no integration of components other than assigning IP addresses to cluster nodes to create network connections for clustering. Storage is automatically striped and pooled across the entire cluster so there is no storage configuration. The hypervisor is included and preinstalled on each node, so there is no added configuration or integration of software needed.

From shipping container to rack to running live virtual machines (VMs), even a novice administrator can have SC//Platform deployed and ready for production in well under one hour. Compare that to traditional infrastructure that may take days or even weeks to deploy and test before putting into production. Getting up and running is only the first phase of deployment. The second phase is migrating your workloads to the infrastructure.

The migration process is going to be more or less the same on SC//Platform as on any virtualization platform. All hypervisors have tools to import VMs from other hypervisors and convert them to their own format. There are third-party tools that can assist in migrating workloads from any physical or virtual server with practically no downtime. It involves some planning and at least minimal planned downtime to account for any potential issues that may pop up.

Because the process is almost the same on any hypervisor, migration alone is not a differentiator, however support and services for migration can be a big difference. Scale offers a number of migration services. These services range from migrating every workload onto SC//HyperCore and handing every aspect of migration to comprehensive migration walkthrough and training with users, enabling them to repeat the process on their own. Aside from service offerings, migration is supported by ScaleCare support services including how-to documentation along with an optional migration tool called Scale Computing Move. All ScaleCare customers also enjoy 24/7 phone and email support to assist through any critical issues.

So to sum up the deployment and migration costs, it is a simple matter of calculating the costs of administrator hours, third-party migration tools (if used), and downtime (if applicable). Compare the rapid delivery within a couple hours for SC//Platform to traditional virtualization infrastructure that can take days or weeks to fully deploy.

Training

Training and certification is often required to administer many technologies traditionally deployed in virtualization infrastructure including SAN or NAS solutions, hypervisors, and virtualization management tools. This kind of training can require dedicated offsite classroom learning or self-driven training through online resources, requiring days of time to complete. The cost of training can be high in terms of purchasing trainer classroom time, travel, and administrator time spent. Even with classroom training, administrators are often required to self-train hours of each week on updates and changes to ensure all components of the infrastructure remain compatible.

SC//Platform requires no specific training and has been designed so that it can be administered easily by IT generalists or even novices. Although there are some minimal training offerings around migration and deployment, most users are able to become familiar with the management interface rapidly during deployment without the need for any training resources.

In fact, it’s so simple that part of the included installation service is a HyperCore UI introduction and first VM creation walkthrough as part of the installation time. There are no certifications required. Training costs are usually calculated as zero for SC//Platform administration.

Software Licensing

One of the most oppressive costs of virtualization can be renewing hypervisor licensing costs. In particular, VMware can come with high annual license renewal costs both for the hypervisor and for vCenter management. Software licensing for virtualization can vary depending on the license type and implementation size. Free versions of hypervisors are sometimes available but often lack many of the features of the full hypervisor version that comes with the hefty price tag. Licensing can become an issue when scaling out infrastructure as well, when adding a new host server can require new licensing and sometimes move the whole solution into the next tier of licensing and significantly higher cost.

SC//Platform does not require any software licensing fees or renewals. All SC//Platform customers receive the full version of the built-in HyperCore hypervisor and all updates are available at no extra charge to customers under active support contracts including any new or existing features. Also, SC//Platform does not require any additional management tools at extra cost. This results in zero software licensing cost for SC//Platform. When compared to many VMware implementations, the cost of SC//Platform is often absorbed simply by the savings from eliminating the software licensing renewals from VMware.

Resources

Brochure

BRS_partner_promo_11-2023
Disaster Recovery Strategies – White …
Financial Services non-cobranded 01
DATA SHEET – Edge Deployment Service – V2
DATA SHEET – Health Check and Audit Service
Introduction to HCI – White Paper – Published 1-2020 (1) 01
Manufacturing non-cobranded (1) 01
Retail non-cobranded 01
SC Platform Difference_9-23-cobrand
SC_Breaking Bad Habits Infographic-cobrand
SC_Business Resilience_white paper_11-23-cobrand
BRS_partner_promo_CAD_8-2023
Disaster Recovery_11-23-cobrand
Intel-NUC-Enterprise-Edge-Compute …
SC_Carbonite Move_01-24-cobrand
SC_Computer Vision Capabilites_3-23-cobrand
SC_Container Data Sheet_cobrand_5-22
SC_Data Protection Suite_7-22
SC_Data Sovereignty_7-23-cobrand
SC_Features Guide_7-22
SC_Fleet Manager_EU_Data Sheet_11-2023-cobrand
SC_Platform_Edge_Data Sheet_5-22-cobrand
BRS_partner_promo_CAD_11-2023
Education non-cobranded 01
SC_Platform_Leaving-VMware_End Customers_01-24-cobrand
SC_retail brief_9-23-cobrand
SC_Regulatory Compliance_7-23-cobrand
SC_TCO Infographic_link_7-23
SC_Virtualization Excellence_whitepaper_10-23-cobrand
SC–HyperCore Surveillance – Brochure – Published 6-22
SC–Services – BCDR Guide – End User – Published 10-23
State and Local Government non-cobranded 01
TCO_data sheet_7-23_v2

Data Sheet

HC3 Data Sheet_01-2020 01 OP-0
SC_HC1000_data_sheet_landscape_11 …
SC Acronis Backup Brief_12-23
SC_HC3000_spec_sheet_11-2023
SC_EDGE_data_sheet_landscape_11-2023
SC_HC5000_spec_sheet_11-2023

Case Study

1st Summit Bank
4M Pharmaceuticals
21st Century Equipment
A. A. A. Refrigeration Service, Inc.
Abilene Memorial Health System
Adelman Travel Group
AdminisTEP LLC (formerly Legacy Consulting)
Alliedstaffing.com
Amazing Facts
American College of Education
Anderson Rasor _ Partners
Antelope Oil Tool and Manufacturing
Arc Excess _ Surplus Llc
Automation Engineering
BarberMcMurry Architects
BARD Materials
Barton College
Bear Creek Contracting Ltd.
Benchmark Electronics, Inc.
Bender Warehouse Co
Bengal Transport
Big Al’s
Bleistahl North America
Blue Harbor Resort _ Spa
Borough of State College
Boston University
Boughey Distribution Ltd
Bourland Soben
Bowtech
Breedon Aggregates
Browning School District 9
Bryan County
C Kenergy
Cab Logistics, Inc.
Canadian Museum Of History
Carepro Health
Cariboo Regional District
Cata
Cedar Graphics, Inc.
Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.
Central Fulton School District
Chaitons LLP
Challenger Motor Freight, Inc.
Children’s Education Funds Inc
Citizens Medical Center
City Of Biddeford
City Of Ellsworth, Maine
City of Milpitas
City of Nichols Hills
City Of Noblesville
City Of Pewaukee
City of Saint Louis Treasurer’s Office
City Of St Cloud
City of St. Louis Office Of The Treasurer
City Of West Chicago
CMP AMS
CNPPID
Coast Wholesale Appliances
Colquitt Electric Membership Corporation
Connection Pointe Church
Continental Refining
Cookietree Inc.
Costa Salud Community Heath
Crawford Central School District
Crosby ISD
Cruickshank Construction Ltd
Cultural Institution
Cypress Christian School
Daman Products
Dan Holdings
Desbuild Incorporated
Dispatch Center Ltd
Dowler-Karn
Dunk _ Associates
Earl May Seed _ Nursery
Ebara International Corporation
Echo Energy, LLC
Economy Advertising
Educational Institution
Employer Advantage
Engelberth Construction, Inc.
Ewing Township
Fawn Engineering
Federal Government
Filling Home Main Campus
Fitment Group
Floricultura B.V.
Fort Vermilion School District #52
Fortune 500 Construction Company
Foundation

Video

Scale Computing | SC//Platform – Virtual …
Scale Computing “How It Works” – VM …
Scale Computing – Foreign VM Import …
Scale Computing | SC//Platform – Cloning
Scale Computing Platform
Scale Computing | SC//Platform …

Press News

Date

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Scale Computing Named a Top 5 VMware vSphere Alternative by the Data Center Intelligence Group

Scale Computing Releases Free Total Cost of Ownership Calculator for Evaluating IT Infrastructure

Scale Computing Named to Prestigious 2024 MES Midmarket 100 List

GigaOm Recognizes Scale Computing as a Leader in its 2024 Radar Report for Full-Stack Edge Deployments

Scale Computing Partners with WiCom Networks to Deliver a VMware Alternative Solution to Latin American IT Markets

Scale Computing Named a Finalist in CRN’s 2024 Tech Innovator Awards

MES Spring 2024 Recap: Why the Cloud Isn’t Right for Everyone

Tarsus Distribution Partners with Scale Computing to Deliver a VMware Alternative to the Southern African Market

Containers Gone Rogue! New IT Superhero Arrives to Conquer Container Chaos

Simply NUC and Scale Computing Continue to Join Forces to Deliver Next Generation Edge Solutions

Scale Computing Recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for Edge Computing

CRN Recognizes Scale Computing’s Marlena Fernandez, Rachael Galey on the 2024 Women of the Channel List

Scale Computing Platform Recognized with 37 Badges in G2 Spring 2024 Report

Scale Computing Announces 2024 Scale Computing Platform Summit Awards Finalists

Scale Computing’s Scott Mann Receives Exclusive Recognition as One of CRN’s 50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs for 2024

Scale Computing Announces 2024 Speakers for Second Annual Platform Summit

Scale Computing Announces VMware Rip & Replace Promotion in Wake of Broadcom Acquisition

Scale Computing Launches New Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Campaign to Help Protect Your Business

Scale Computing and RackTop Systems Partner to Provide Cyberstorage Solution for Active Defense Against Cyber Threats

Scale Computing Launches New Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Campaign to Help Protect Your Business

Scale Computing Announces Recognition in the 2023 Gartner® Voice of the Customer

Scale Computing Platform and Scale Computing Fleet Manager Honored In CRN’s 2023 Products of the Year Awards

Scale Computing Announces New Edge Computing Innovations for Fleet Manager, HE100 Product Line

Scale Computing Announces Second Annual Scale Computing Platform Summit April 16-18 2024

Scale Computing Recognized with Three 2023 TrustRadius Awards: Best Feature Set, Best Relationship, and Best Value for the Price

Scale Computing Recognized on the 2023 CRN Edge Computing 100 List

Minimize the Cost and Downtime of Disaster With Scale Computing’s Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Planning Service

Scale Computing’s Marlena Fernandez Named a Finalist for the 2023 CRN Women of the Year Awards

Scale Computing Offers Simple, Secure, Reliable IT Infrastructure to Combat ‘Zombie’ Technology

Scale Computing Awarded 19 Badges in G2 Fall 2023 Report

Scale Computing’s Jeff Ready and Mike O’Neil to Speak at SpiceWorld 2023

Scale Computing Named Winner of CRN’s Annual Report Card (ARC) Award for the Fifth Consecutive Year

New Survey Reveals Organizations Are Not Maximizing Their IT Infrastructure Investment Due to Complexity and Unreliability of Current Virtualization Software

Scale Computing’s Jeff Ready, Scott Mann Recognized on CRN’s 2023 Top 100 Executives List

Scale Computing Named a Winner for CRN’s 2023 Tech Innovator Award

Edge In Depth: 5 Key Edge Computing Topologies

Luck o’ the Edge Trial

How Edge Computing will Make Hyperconverged Infrastructure Ubiquitous

7 Questions to Ask an Edge Computing Provider

5 Reasons Why Scale Computing HC3 is the Perfect Edge Computing Infrastructure

5 Edge Computing Predictions for 2022

Top 5 Requirements for a Successful Edge Deployment

How Application Management Needs are Driving Edge Computing

Industry on The Edge: 3 Use Cases That Show How Industry is Putting Edge Computing to Work Today

Scale Computing Customer Edge Data Center Project Named a Finalist in 2021 DCD>Awards

Scale Computing Recognized on the 2021 CRN Edge Computing 100 List

Scale Computing Named a Winner for CRN’s 2021 Tech Innovator Award

Preview of Scale Computing at SpiceWorld: How Edge Computing is Fueling Innovation Today

Scale Computing Continues to Deliver High-Performing, Scalable Edge Computing and IT Infrastructure to the Government Sector

Scale Computing Wins TrustRadius 2021 Top Rated Awards

Scale Computing Partners with Distributor KSG to Deliver Edge Computing in Japan

Scale Computing Delivers Highly Available, Efficient, Scalable IT Infrastructure to Educational Institutions

Scale Computing’s Marlena Fernandez Recognized for Second Consecutive Year on CRN’s 2021 Women of the Channel List and Channel Power 100 List

Scale Computing and Parallels RAS Collaborate to Deliver Improved End User VDI Experience for Post-Pandemic Workforces

Scale Computing Continues to Deliver High-Performing, Scalable Edge Computing and IT Infrastructure to Manufacturing Industry

Scale Computing Delivers High-Performing, Efficient, and Scalable IT Infrastructure to Transportation Services Industry

Scale Computing HE150 Named to SearchStorage’s 2020 Storage Products of the Year, Best Enterprise Storage Systems and Products of 2020

Scale Computing Announces HC3 Video Surveillance and Security Solutions

Scale Computing Named a Finalist in Storage Magazine, SearchStorage 2020 Products of the Year Awards

Scale Computing Named a “Leader” and “Outperformer” in the GigaOm Radar Report for Hyperconverged Infrastructure: Small-to-Medium Enterprises and Edge

Scale Computing Wins First Place in Trifecta of Customer Satisfaction Awards: 2021 Best Feature Set, Best Usability, and Best Customer Support From TrustRadius

Scale Computing Recognized in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software for Fourth Year in a Row

Scale Computing and Pedab Group AB announce partnership to bring HCI and edge computing solutions to Nordics, Baltics, and France

Scale Computing Announces $30M Funding Round

Scale Computing HE150 Named a 2020 CRN® Product of the Year Winner

Scale Computing HCI: Improving Performance for Remote Workers from the Data Center to the Edge

Scale Computing Launches Industry’s First Edge Computing Trial Program with Hardware

4 Tips for Edge Computing Deployments

HCI and Edge Computing – The Next Frontier for AI

What is Hyperconvergence? A Complete Guide to HCI

How to Manage Your Evolving Edge Computing Needs With Hyperconvergence

Scale Computing Wins Tech Cares 2020 Award

Empire Airlines Soars to New Heights with Scale Computing

Risas Dental and Braces Turns to Scale Computing’s High-performing Edge Computing IT Infrastructure for Maximum Uptime and Reliability

Serving the socially distanced consumer: why retailers need to go to the edge

The Gorilla Guide to Delivering Turnkey IT Systems

Scale Computing Ranks No. 1 on CRN’s 2020 Annual Report Card for Edge Computing and Converged/Hyperconverged Categories

Jeff Ready of Scale Computing Honored on CRN’s 2020 Top 100 Executives List and named a Top 25 Disruptor

Scale Computing Delivers High Availability, Increased Reliability and Ease of Use to Healthcare Organizations

Scale Computing and Mustek announce partnership to bring HCI and edge computing solutions to market in South Africa


2024-08-09

Scale Computing Named a Top 5 VMware vSphere Alternative by the Data Center Intelligence Group

2024-07-29

Scale Computing Releases Free Total Cost of Ownership Calculator for Evaluating IT Infrastructure

2024-07-20

Scale Computing Named to Prestigious 2024 MES Midmarket 100 List

2024-07-15

GigaOm Recognizes Scale Computing as a Leader in its 2024 Radar Report for Full-Stack Edge Deployments

2024-07-13

Scale Computing Partners with WiCom Networks to Deliver a VMware Alternative Solution to Latin American IT Markets

2024-07-03

Scale Computing Named a Finalist in CRN’s 2024 Tech Innovator Awards

2024-06-29

MES Spring 2024 Recap: Why the Cloud Isn’t Right for Everyone

2024-06-25

Tarsus Distribution Partners with Scale Computing to Deliver a VMware Alternative to the Southern African Market

2024-06-05

Containers Gone Rogue! New IT Superhero Arrives to Conquer Container Chaos

2024-06-02

Simply NUC and Scale Computing Continue to Join Forces to Deliver Next Generation Edge Solutions

2024-05-19

Scale Computing Recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for Edge Computing

2024-05-17

CRN Recognizes Scale Computing’s Marlena Fernandez, Rachael Galey on the 2024 Women of the Channel List

2024-04-08

Scale Computing Platform Recognized with 37 Badges in G2 Spring 2024 Report

2024-03-27

Scale Computing Announces 2024 Scale Computing Platform Summit Awards Finalists

2024-02-15

Scale Computing’s Scott Mann Receives Exclusive Recognition as One of CRN’s 50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs for 2024

2024-02-14

Scale Computing Announces 2024 Speakers for Second Annual Platform Summit

2024-02-08

Scale Computing Announces VMware Rip & Replace Promotion in Wake of Broadcom Acquisition

2024-01-19

Scale Computing Launches New Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Campaign to Help Protect Your Business

2024-01-17

Scale Computing and RackTop Systems Partner to Provide Cyberstorage Solution for Active Defense Against Cyber Threats

2024-01-12

Scale Computing Launches New Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Campaign to Help Protect Your Business

2023-12-17

Scale Computing Announces Recognition in the 2023 Gartner® Voice of the Customer

2023-12-15

Scale Computing Platform and Scale Computing Fleet Manager Honored In CRN’s 2023 Products of the Year Awards

2023-12-13

Scale Computing Announces New Edge Computing Innovations for Fleet Manager, HE100 Product Line