Original Research on Scale Computing HC3

HC3 Customer Research

What do you see as the biggest benefits of Scale Computing HC3?

Ease of use	82%
Scalability	67%
High Availability of Virtual Machines	65%
Ease and Speed of Implementation	64%
Reliability	58%
Single Vendor Support	52%

HC3 Case Study

Marion School District

Introduction

This case study of Marion School District is based on an April 2019 survey of HC3 customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Our up time and productivity has increased 10 fold.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select HC3:

Solved the following operational challenges after deploying HC3:
- Enabled virtualization without complexity
- Improved availability of critical workloads
- Improved scalability of Infrastructure
Purchased their HC3 system for the following reasons:
- To execute an infrastructure refresh (replacing aging hardware)
Purchased HC3 over the following vendors:
- Hypervisor – VMware
- Hypervisor – Microsoft Hyper-V

Use Case

Has 3 IT personnel responsible for infrastructure.
Runs >100 Virtual Machines on HC3.

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with HC3:

Rated the following HC3 capabilities in terms of how they differentiated from the competition:
- Single vendor support: extremely differentiated
- Scalability: extremely differentiated
- Reliability: extremely differentiated
- Ease of implementation: extremely differentiated
- Ease of use: extremely differentiated
Sees the following as the biggest benefits of Scale Computing HC3:
- Ease of use
- Ease and speed of implementation
- High availability of Virtual Machines
- Reliability
- Scalability
Decreased the time spent recovering from a hardware failure running a critical workload from 1-8 hours to less than 10 minutes (83-97% reduction in recovery time) with the high availability built into HC3.
Reduced the time their IT staff spends managing infrastructure by 50-74% after deploying HC3.

Operational Challenges Solved By HC3

What types of operational challenges did deploying HC3 solve for your organization?

Enabled virtualization without complexity	81%
Reduced time spent managing Infrastructure	65%
Improved availability of critical workloads	44%
Improved scalability of Infrastructure	66%
Improved disaster recovery	58%
Single vendor support of Infrastructure	40%
Reduced IT operating costs	41%
Other	5%

HC3 Case Study

Sequence, Inc.

Introduction

This case study of Sequence, Inc is based on a January 2020 survey of HC3 customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Scalability and reliability were the biggest drivers for me because as we grow the company I need reliability so that I can focus on other needs.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select HC3:

Solved the following operational challenges after deploying HC3:
- Reduced time spent managing Infrastructure
- Improved availability of critical workloads
- Improved scalability of Infrastructure
- Improved disaster recovery
Purchased their HC3 system for the following reasons:
- To execute an infrastructure refresh (replacing aging hardware)
- For Hypervisor Licensing Renewal
- To support business growth expectations or new business initiatives
Purchased HC3 over the following vendors:
- Hypervisor – VMware
- Dell Servers / SAN
- HP Servers / SAN
- Nutanix
- VMware VSAN

Use Case

Has 1 IT personnel responsible for infrastructure.
Runs 10-24 Virtual Machines on HC3.

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with HC3:

Rated the following HC3 capabilities in terms of how they differentiated from the competition:
- Single vendor support: extremely differentiated
- Scalability: extremely differentiated
- Reliability: extremely differentiated
- Ease of implementation: very differentiated
- Ease of use: very differentiated
Sees the following as the biggest benefits of Scale Computing HC3:
- Ease of use
- Ease and speed of implementation
- High availability of Virtual Machines
- Scalability
- Single vendor support

HC3 Customer Testimonial

Has made our resources more robust and dependable. The ease of use is exponential.

— Scott Harris, IT Director, Neosho School District

[HC3 is an] all in one solution. [It has provided us with the] ease of centralized management and it is easy to implement.

— Scott Poole, IT Director, Boston University

TechValidate Research on Scale Computing HC3

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Marion School District

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Organization Profile

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Operational Challenges Solved By HC3

Sequence, Inc.

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

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About Scale Computing HC3

Scale Computing integrates storage, servers, and virtualization software into an all-in-one appliance based system that is scalable, self-healing and as easy to manage as a single server.