Product Information
Price
Starting at HK$ 33235
MSRP
-
V2D Part # / MFR Part #
24341802 / -
Manufacturer
Scale Computing
License Type
Hardware and Software
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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.
Overview
Product Information
Price
Starting at HK$ 33235
MSRP
–
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.
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