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    The Four Things That You Lose with Scale Computing HC3

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    • MattSpeller
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      If I've never heard of your company before and know zero about your products where would I go to edu-ma-cate myself

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        craig.theriac Vendor @MattSpeller last edited by

        @MattSpeller The best place is probably just clicking around through http://www.scalecomputing.com/ as a starting point. If you want to see it in action though, we have a weekly demo that our office of the CTO usually runs:

        http://bit.ly/HC3LiveDemo

        It is pretty informal and gives a chance for a lot of questions to be answered as we show the UI/features. Let me know if there are any questions I can answer in the meantime!

        Craig M. Theriac
        Director of Product Management
        Scale Computing

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          MattSpeller @craig.theriac last edited by

          @craig.theriac Thank you, I will dive in

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            scale @MattSpeller last edited by

            @MattSpeller said in The Four Things That You Lose with Scale Computing HC3:

            @craig.theriac Thank you, I will dive in

            Any specific questions that I can answer for you?

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              Alex Sage @scale last edited by

              @scale said:

              Any specific questions that I can answer for you?

              Do you have a affordable solution for small businesses that doesn't cost 25K?

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                coliver @Alex Sage last edited by

                @aaronstuder said in The Four Things That You Lose with Scale Computing HC3:

                @scale said:

                Any specific questions that I can answer for you?

                Do you have a affordable solution for small businesses that doesn't cost 25K?

                25K isn't affordable? I'm not sure why you would look at Scale in a single host environment. This solution doesn't seem to fit there.

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                  dafyre @coliver last edited by

                  @coliver said in The Four Things That You Lose with Scale Computing HC3:

                  @aaronstuder said in The Four Things That You Lose with Scale Computing HC3:

                  @scale said:

                  Any specific questions that I can answer for you?

                  Do you have a affordable solution for small businesses that doesn't cost 25K?

                  25K isn't affordable? I'm not sure why you would look at Scale in a single host environment. This solution doesn't seem to fit there.

                  While this is true... Selling Single nodes could be a viable idea for a small business that could grow into a second server down the road... I always wondered why they don't sell single nodes to start with...

                  @craig-theriac : Has Scale ever considered selling single nodes for small businesses?

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                    Alex Sage @dafyre last edited by

                    @dafyre said:

                    @craig-theriac : Has Scale ever considered selling single nodes for small businesses?

                    Two is one, and one is none.

                    It would need to be at least 2 nodes.

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                      craig.theriac Vendor @dafyre last edited by

                      @dafyre i cannot confirm nor deny 🙂 @aaronstuder let me know / send me a DM if you want to jump on a call to go through our roadmap. I'd love to learn more about your requirements for a lower end solution.

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                      • dafyre
                        dafyre @Alex Sage last edited by

                        @aaronstuder said in The Four Things That You Lose with Scale Computing HC3:

                        @dafyre said:

                        @craig-theriac : Has Scale ever considered selling single nodes for small businesses?

                        Two is one, and one is none.

                        It would need to be at least 2 nodes.

                        Ideally, you are correct. But if I only need a single server, why plunk down $25k for two Scale nodes when I can buy a Dell of decent quality and similar specs and install $hypervisor myself? ... Granted an SMB isn't likely to think like that, lol.

                        Don't get me wrong -- I've enjoyed working with the Scale team and their systems! That was just a burning question always in the back of my mind.

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                          Alex Sage @dafyre last edited by Alex Sage

                          @dafyre said:

                          Ideally, you are correct. But if I only need a single server, why plunk down $25k for two Scale nodes when I can buy a Dell of decent quality and similar specs and install $hypervisor myself? ... Granted an SMB isn't likely to think like that, lol.

                          Don't get me wrong -- I've enjoyed working with the Scale team and their systems! That was just a burning question always in the back of my mind.

                          It's in the back of my mind too. Hoping @craig.theriac could tell us why there better 🙂

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                            MattSpeller @dafyre last edited by

                            @dafyre said in The Four Things That You Lose with Scale Computing HC3:

                            @aaronstuder said in The Four Things That You Lose with Scale Computing HC3:

                            @dafyre said:

                            @craig-theriac : Has Scale ever considered selling single nodes for small businesses?

                            Two is one, and one is none.

                            It would need to be at least 2 nodes.

                            Ideally, you are correct. But if I only need a single server, why plunk down $25k for two Scale nodes when I can buy a Dell of decent quality and similar specs and install $hypervisor myself? ... Granted an SMB isn't likely to think like that, lol.

                            Don't get me wrong -- I've enjoyed working with the Scale team and their systems! That was just a burning question always in the back of my mind.

                            That's our current SMB setup - several 1/2U dell servers w/ hyperv. Not sure where / how Scale would help us but honestly that's probably because I've yet to read their specs etc.

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                              Alex Sage @MattSpeller last edited by

                              @MattSpeller Just one server? We do the same, but 2 servers at each site.

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                                MattSpeller @Alex Sage last edited by

                                @aaronstuder said in The Four Things That You Lose with Scale Computing HC3:

                                @MattSpeller Just one server? We do the same, but 2 servers at each site.

                                We're at 5 at primary, 2 at secondary, 1 at a remote

                                Could probably replace the 5 with two current nicely spec'd ones but $$$$$$$$$$$$

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                                  Alex Sage @MattSpeller last edited by

                                  @MattSpeller You sound like us 🙂

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                                    MattSpeller @Alex Sage last edited by

                                    @aaronstuder said in The Four Things That You Lose with Scale Computing HC3:

                                    @MattSpeller You sound like us 🙂

                                    Broke SMB sounds similar the world over heheh

                                    #not4profitlife

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                                      1 & 2. Sure.

                                      3 - Well Hyper-v and Xen-server are free.

                                      4 - Is an all your eggs in one basket model. Which can be risky too.

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                                        dafyre @Deleted74295 last edited by

                                        @Breffni-Potter said in The Four Things That You Lose with Scale Computing HC3:

                                        1 & 2. Sure.

                                        3 - Well Hyper-v and Xen-server are free.

                                        4 - Is an all your eggs in one basket model. Which can be risky too.

                                        4... Backup, backup, backup!

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                                          Deleted74295 Banned @dafyre last edited by

                                          @dafyre said

                                          4... Backup, backup, backup!

                                          Backups funnily enough don't work for.

                                          • Hardware availability. Can I get a replacement node? If so how quickly.
                                          • If the software part of the hyper-visor all in one magic box breaks and I lose all 3 nodes, what then.
                                          • Scale takes away a lot of the tech from the technician to make it easier which is good but when that tech fails, what can you do.

                                          Now, I like the Scale model but it's still a magic box in the corner.

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                                            dafyre @Deleted74295 last edited by

                                            @Breffni-Potter said in The Four Things That You Lose with Scale Computing HC3:

                                            @dafyre said

                                            4... Backup, backup, backup!

                                            Backups funnily enough don't work for.

                                            • Hardware availability. Can I get a replacement node? If so how quickly.
                                            • If the software part of the hyper-visor all in one magic box breaks and I lose all 3 nodes, what then.
                                            • Scale takes away a lot of the tech from the technician to make it easier which is good but when that tech fails, what can you do.

                                            Now, I like the Scale model but it's still a magic box in the corner.

                                            Yeah, that is a perfectly valid point... and I think that is why their starter kits are more than one node, lol.

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