TechValidate Research on Scale Computing HC3

Introduction

This case study of Groton-Dunstable Regional Schools is based on a July 2020 survey of HC3 customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

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
  • Reduced time spent managing Infrastructure
  • Automatic optimization of resources among multiple VMs
• Purchased their HC3 system for the following reasons:
  • To execute an infrastructure refresh (replacing aging hardware)
  • We were close to buying traditional systems that support VMs but found Scale in a price range we could afford.
• Purchased HC3 over the following vendors:
  • Hypervisor – Microsoft Hyper-V
  • Dell Servers / SAN

Use Case

• Has 2 IT personnel responsible for infrastructure.
• Runs Less than 10 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: differentiated
  • ease of implementation: extremely 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
  • Single vendor support