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%

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 Customer Testimonial

The high availability and the time it takes to get a server back into production after or during a failure are what makes HC3 beat all other systems hands down.

— Tyler Rother, IT Manager, Seven Clans Casinos

HC3 Case Study

Cruickshank Construction Ltd

Introduction

This case study of Cruickshank Construction Ltd is based on an April 2018 survey of HC3 customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“The HC3 platform has given us peace of mind, knowing that our critical systems are safe and highly available. We saved money, improved our RTO and have a system that is much easier to manage. If we need support they are only a click away and are always ready to dig in and help.”

Challenges

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

Solved the following operational challenges after deploying HC3:
- Enabled virtualization without complexity
- Reduced time spent managing infrastructure
- Improved availability of critical workloads
- Reduced IT operating costs
Purchased their HC3 system for the following reasons:
- For Infrastructure Refresh (replacing aging hardware)
- To support business growth expectations or new business initiatives
- To meet increasing RPO and RTO SLAs

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of HC3 that the surveyed company uses:

Purchased HC3 over the following vendors:
- Hypervisor – Microsoft Hyper-V
- Dell Servers / SAN
- HP Servers / SAN
- Nutanix
- Simplivity
- StarWind
Has 3 IT personnel responsible for infrastructure.
Runs 25-49 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: Extremely differentiated
Sees the following as the biggest benefits of Scale Computing HC3:
- Ease of use
- High availability of Virtual Machines
- Reliability
- Single vendor support
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 10-24% after deploying HC3.

John Curtis, an Executive at Integrated Investments of Indiana, is very likely to recommend HC3 for the following reason:

Great product. Good service.

HC3 Case Study

Medium Enterprise Media & Entertainment Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise media & entertainment company is based on an October 2018 survey of HC3 customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“It has enabled our casinos to enjoy the same level of protection and reliability as our main datacentre without blowing their operational budgets.”

Challenges

Solved the following operational challenges after deploying HC3:
- Reduced time spent managing Infrastructure
- Improved availability of critical workloads
- Improved disaster recovery
- Solved single vendor support of Infrastructure
- Reduced IT operating costs
Purchased their HC3 system for the following reasons:
- For Infrastructure Refresh (replacing aging hardware)
- To support higher uptime SLAs for critical workloads
- To reduce operational costs

Use Case

Purchased HC3 over the following vendors:
- Hypervisor – VMware
- EMC
- Nutanix
- Simplivity
- VxRail
Has 4-5 IT personnel responsible for infrastructure.
Runs >100 Virtual Machines on HC3.

Results

Rated the following HC3 capabilities in terms of how they differentiated from the competition:
- Single vendor support: Extremely differentiated
- Scalability: Differentiated
- Ease of implementation: Very 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
- Single vendor support
Decreased the time spent recovering from a hardware failure running a critical workload from 8-24 hours to less than 10 minutes (97-99% reduction in recovery time) with the high availability built into HC3.
Reduced the time their IT staff spends managing infrastructure by up to 10% after deploying HC3.

TechValidate Research on Scale Computing HC3

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Operational Challenges Solved By HC3

Cruickshank Construction Ltd

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

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Company Profile

About HC3

Medium Enterprise Media & Entertainment Company

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

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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.