Why HC3 IT Infrastructure Might Not Be For You
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Scale Computing makes HC3 hyperconverged infrastructure appliances and clusters for IT organizations around the world with a focus on simplicity, scalability, and availability. But HC3 IT infrastructure solution might not be for you for a few reasons.
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You want to be indispensable for your proprietary knowledge.
You want to be the only person who truly understands your IT Infrastructure. Having designed your infrastructure personally and managing it with your own home-grown scripts, only you have the knowledge and expertise to keep it running. Without you, your IT department is doomed to fail.HC3 is probably not for you. HC3 was designed to be so simple to use that it can be managed by even a novice IT administrator. HC3 would not allow you to control the infrastructure with proprietary design and secret knowledge that only you could possess. Of course, if you did go with HC3, you’d be a pioneer of new technology who would be an ideal asset for any forward thinking IT department.
You are defined by your aging certifications.
You worked hard and paid good money to get certifications in storage systems, virtualization hypervisors, server hardware, and even disaster recovery systems that are still around. You continue to use these same old technologies because you are certified in them, and that gives you leverage for higher salary. Newer technologies hold less interest because they wouldn’t allow you to take advantage of your existing certifications.HC3 is probably not for you. HC3 is based on new infrastructure architecture that doesn’t require any expensive certifications. Any IT administrator can use HC3 because it was designed to remove reliance on legacy technologies that were too complex and required excessive expertise. HC3 won’t allow you to leverage your certifications in these legacy technologies. Of course, with all of the management time you’d save using HC3, you’d be able to learn new technologies and expand your skills beyond infrastructure.
You like going to VMworld every year.
You’ve been using VMware and going to VMworld since 2006 and it is a highlight of your year. You always enjoy reuniting with VMworld regulars and getting out of the office. It isn’t as useful as it was earlier on but you still attend a few sessions along with all of the awesome parties. Life just wouldn’t be the same without attending VMworld.HC3 is probably not for you. HC3 uses a built-in hypervisor, alleviating the need for VMware software and VMware software licensing. Without VMware, you probably won’t be able to justify your trip to VMworld as a business expense. Of course, with all the money you will likely save going with HC3, your budget might be open to going to even more conferences to help you develop new skills and services to help your business grow even faster.
You prefer working late nights and weekends.
The office and better yet, the data center, are a safe place for you. Whether you don’t have the best home life or you prefer to avoid awkward social events, you find that working late nights and weekends doing system updates and maintenance a welcome prospect. We get it. Real life can be hard. Solitude along with the humming of fans and spinning disks offers an escape from the real world.HC3 is probably not for you. HC3 is built to eliminate the need to take systems offline for updates and maintenance tasks so these can be done at any time, including during normal business hours. HC3 doesn’t leave many infrastructure tasks that need to be done late at night or on weekends. Of course, if you did go with HC3, you’d probably have more time to and energy to sort out your personal life and make your home and your social life more to your liking.
Original post: http://blog.scalecomputing.com/why-hc3-it-infrastructure-might-not-be-for-you/
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@scale love this.
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This kinda makes it sound like Scale is right for literally every environment, but I really doubt it... That's sales people for you.
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The sarcasm is wonderful.
What a good pick me up.
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VMworld in Barcelona would actually be an awesome selling point. If deploying VMware ESXi got me tickets to that, I'd be way more anxious to deploy it!
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But of course if you get a Scale you can go to MangoCon, which is way cooler.
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Sarcasm makes everything better.
