Scale Computing Platform Manufacturing Reviews & Insights

Score8.2 out of 10

350 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Scale Computing Platform are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Ease of Updates: Users have appreciated the simplicity of performing updates on the Scale Computing Platform, noting that it only requires a single button to push, allowing for efficient streamlining. This has saved users valuable time and effort and has helped them to stay current with software enhancements seamlessly.

Efficient Deployment: Reviewers have highlighted the easy and fast deployment of new servers on the platform, i.e. requiring zero additional space or power making the setup hassle-free. The efficiency in deployment has been crucial for users looking to expand their infrastructure rapidly without complications or delays.

Robust Backup Solutions: Users value the robust backup solutions available on the Scale Computing Platform, mentioning the ease of creating multiple scheduled backups for machines and the speed at which fresh installations can be brought up. This reliability has instilled confidence in users regarding data protection and disaster recovery capabilities.

Scale Computing Platform Reviews

45 Reviews

ManufacturingAutomotive7Chemicals4Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing2Food Production2Food & Beverages2Furniture1Machinery3Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering4Industrial Automation2Nanotechnology1Paper & Forest Products3Pharmaceuticals1Plastics2Printing2Wine and Spirits1Consumer Goods3Sporting Goods1Medical Device3Biotechnology1

Fantastic Product!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 15, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As the Automation Professional for a large pasta manufacturer, I use the SCALE computing platform to host all of the plant's automation servers. As a 24/7-363 operation, these systems are critical for our day-to-day operations. We have been using the SCALE computing system for five years and have found it to be reliable, easy to operate, and manageable. In the rare case when I've had to call for technical support, the service has been prompt and professional. I would highly recommend SCALE Computing and their products!

Pros

Creation of VM's are easy and quick.
Managing updates.
Tech Support.
Quick turnaround of replacement components.

Likelihood to Recommend

Easy to use, super reliable, superb service.

Matthew West

Automation Professional in Engineering at Barilla America (Food Production, 1001-5000 employees)

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5 years of experience

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Scale Computing Platform is Awesome!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

September 16, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Scale Computing Platform for almost all of our Windows server systems (we still have one legacy system). I was introduced to Scale Computing Platform about 9 years ago and we have since been through and upgrade and a complete hardware replacement . We are currently planning on upgrading the hardware again next spring. Ease of use and outstanding technical support is why we stick with them.

We have SQL servers, Remote Desktop Servers and an Exchange Server all running on the Scale Computing Platform.

Pros

You can easily spin-up an new server in a very short period of time.
Technical support is excellent.
Adding storage to a virtual machine takes just a few clicks. No need to worry about LUNS , etc.

Cons

I would like to have different options for virtual hardware

Likelihood to Recommend

I can't imaging our systems with Scale Computing Platform. It is a super reliable, easy to use alternative to VMWare. I have looked at other options but this is the best hyper converged platform I have found. Perfect for the company and the company's IT budget.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (Paper & Forest Products company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

9 years of experience

Scale Computing Platform for the small enterprise is fast and easy to use.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 8, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Scale Computing Platform as our production hypervisor platform to manage 20-40 VMs. We migrated to Scale Computing Platform when we upgraded our data center and decided not to continue with VMWare. Scale Computing Platform offered a simpler, faster, cheaper and compared to our previous environment a more robust solution while providing us a U.S. based single-plane of support (server hardware, hypervisor & Acronis backup solution).

Pros

We saw a significant improvement VM performance
The ease & simplicity of management compared to VMware for a small/medium enterprise is much better.
The support experience has been much better.

Cons

Display the IP address of the node on which the VM is running on the Devices (gear icon) tab. This would allow me to manage my Microsoft license easier.
During the on-boarding I missed the step to install the Scale Computing Platform tools, and we didn't notice this until I had issues with backups. It would be helpful if some kind of alert notification would display on a VM card if the tools were not installed.
Add a new health or diagnostics tab that would display alerts, diagnostic tools, performance concerns or pattern anomalies.
Some kind of email/alert when a disk reaches near capacity

Likelihood to Recommend

I believe Scale Computing Platform shines in the small enterprise environment and it would work well in a medium/edge environment enterprise environment. Based on my experience with VMWare, I believe Scale Computing Platform's solution would struggle to meet the needs of a larger enterprise that relies on more robust, industry standardized system integrations for automation and management. The Acronis backup solution is robust, but Veeam is the industry standard for a reason.

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (Printing company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Scale best platform for the money!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

December 7, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The Scale platform is currently running 15 servers for us. Before we had several physical systems that were dedicated to specific applications. We often need to test a system configuration before it is deployed into our production environment. Scale makes this really simple and efficient process. The backup and restore capabilities of Scale system is quick and reliable.

Pros

Backup, Cloning.
Distributing the computing resources across the nodes
support access from Scale
user interface is clean and simple

Cons

Remote to servers from the management consol.
Ability to have backups more like a Veeame solution

Likelihood to Recommend

Scale's price point makes it an attractive option for smaller companies.

KC Casto

Sr. Network Admin in Information Technology at Stockmeier (Chemicals, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

One-Stop Shop for cloud solution

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

November 13, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Managing a large IT infrastructure of data storage and hardware is not hassle-free. Scale Computing Platform allows our organization to manage infrastructure in the cloud and reduce IT resource time and as well as cost to the organization. Scale up the future-proof environment which meets organization needs and makes it simple to handle daily maintenance of IT infrastructure.

Pros

Infrastructure Deployment
Reduce Cost of hardware system
Centralized cloud with local automations

Cons

Come up with ERP solution on cloud
Infrastructure Security area need to be improved
Support Third-party applications

Likelihood to Recommend

Hardware and infrastructure very basic administration for an IT guys', all the time they're busy for schedule maintenance. Scale Computing Platform give us a platform where we effectively manage our hardware needs, cloud infrastructure and best part is a fully integrated platform that runs our business apps, visualization computing platform that's easy to deploy and easy to manage.

Syed Fahad Hussain

IT Busniess Partner_HR in Information Technology at Tapal Tea (Food & Beverages, 201-500 employees)

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5 years of experience

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... we did it !

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

September 30, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The existing VMware virtualization was replaced with the Scale environment

Pros

Snapshot handling
Failover handling on the nodes
easy to use dashboard
Support

Cons

with Acronis there is only one backup solution partner, there are still topics to solve
only real time performance parameters as CPU, RAM, networking, to chance to analyze

Likelihood to Recommend

In principle, Scale fits into every company, big advantages with distributed locations.

Alois Höller

CIO (Chief Information Officer) in Information Technology at Estermann GmbH (Printing, 51-200 employees)

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1 year of experience

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CL Malach scaled up with Scale Computing HC3

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 31, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Scale Computing HC3 is being used across the whole organization. The solution hosts various VMs that support the business processes like email, ERP, file serving, etc.

A key feature of HC3 that our business is banking heavily on is backup and disaster recovery.

Pros

Plug and play--I plug it in and I play elsewhere (i.e., focus on other IT services)
Ease of use
Scalability

Cons

Dismounting cloned snapshots is rather involved

Likelihood to Recommend

Expectation for IT is high regardless of whether you have a full deck or a one-man crew and I fall under the latter category. Having a HC3 solution allows me to focus on other IT services like application development, ERP management, helpdesk, even website management without worrying much about the state and performance of your servers. The system is just solid and reliable. Of course, I have just entered the first year of its commission but based on what I've seen so far, I believe that I have the best system that helps in delivery of IT services for the company.

If I were to sum up my experience after I implemented Scale Computing HC3, I would say that I sleep much better than before I had it.

Arnie Adiong

IT Manager in Information Technology at CL Malach Company (1997) Ltd. (Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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New to HC3 but I seem like an expert because of its simplicity.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 26, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Scale Computing HC3 to host all our file, print, and application servers.

Pros

Easy to manage
Clean console
Spin up new servers in minutes
One vendor

Cons

I am happy

Likelihood to Recommend

I have only used Scale Computing HC3 in an SMB but would love to know how large a scale it could handle.

Robert Johnson

IT Manager in Information Technology at JXNCTI (Chemicals, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Scale Computing HC3 allows IT to reclaim time!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 21, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Scale Computing HC3 nodes at each plant to decrease our physical server count and increase our efficiency of hardware use. We are using Scale nodes at all locations throughout our company. The clusters make it much easier for our small IT department to handle hardware downtime and maintenance.

Pros

Simplicity is the number one priority for us. It's very simple to spin up a virtual machine and have it up and running quickly.
Customer support has been fantastic. When we have an issue, usually Scale contacts us before we even realize there is some sort of issue going on.
Setting up and installation has also been very simple. In the past, we tried traditional 3-2-1 virtual infrastructure but having storage, networking, and compute tied together has made it much easier for our IT department to be able to deploy new items in a timely manner.

Cons

There are times when the alerts can be a little vague if you don't contact customer support to get a clarification of what might be wrong.
I would like to see some integrated backup support at some time, and not have to use a third-party agent on each virtual machine.

Likelihood to Recommend

In our situation, Scale Computing has been an excellent fit for our network. Being a medium-sized company with a small IT department, we have been able to leverage the ease of use to greatly speed up our ability to react to new ideas, and knowing that our virtual machines are running on a solid platform makes everyone feel better about our hardware on the backend. We are much less concerned with single points of failure in the server room.

Wesley Johnson

System Administrator at Oklahoma Steel & Wire (Machinery, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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The Scales are tipped toward great support, sales, and non-sense purchasing.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

October 15, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our Scale server is the main server at 2 of our manufacturing facilities. This server is the host for all of our Microsoft functions uncluding some engineering apps. THe main benefit of Scale in my opinion, is the superior service and the all in one package. I've dealt this VMware before, and while it's a good product, there are soo many purchase options, it makes my head spin. I have purchased VMware packages before, only to implement and find that to use the features I was promised I have to buy yet another additional add-in.

Pros

Superior Support - US based, easy to understand, quick to respond.
All inclusive package when purchased.

Cons

The Scale interface doesn't seem to have as many options as VMware. Of course I don't use most of these options, but some admin desiring very detailed configs may be disappointed.
I would like to see a more granular restore. It's easy to restore full snapshots, but we also use this for a file server, and it's very time consuming to restore just a couple files.

Likelihood to Recommend

I think Scale is best suited for a smaller company like mine, where great support is needed along with no-nonsense purchase options. Also the simplified interface makes administration easier for a mid level server admin like myself.

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (Automotive company, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Scale Computing Platform for the small enterprise is fast and easy to use.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 8, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

We saw a significant improvement VM performance
The ease & simplicity of management compared to VMware for a small/medium enterprise is much better.
The support experience has been much better.

Cons

Display the IP address of the node on which the VM is running on the Devices (gear icon) tab. This would allow me to manage my Microsoft license easier.
During the on-boarding I missed the step to install the Scale Computing Platform tools, and we didn't notice this until I had issues with backups. It would be helpful if some kind of alert notification would display on a VM card if the tools were not installed.
Add a new health or diagnostics tab that would display alerts, diagnostic tools, performance concerns or pattern anomalies.
Some kind of email/alert when a disk reaches near capacity

Likelihood to Recommend

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (Printing company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience