Scale Computing Expands Capabilities of HC3 Converged Appliance

Scale Computing, Inc., provider of hyperconverged data center solutions, announced its patented Ultra-Easy HyperCore Software system, which expands the capabilities of its HC3 family to provide greater scalability and storage computing power.

HyperCore integrates storage, servers, and virtualization software into an all-in-one appliance based system that is scalable, self-healing and as easy to manage as a single server.
 
HyperCore continuously monitors all VMs, software and hardware components to detect and automatically respond to common infrastructure events, maintain application availability and simplify datacenter management.

HyperCore v5 introduces following features:

• Non-Disruptive/Rolling Updates – HC3 clusters can be upgraded with no downtime or maintenance window. Workloads are automatically live-migrated across the HC3 appliance to allow for node upgrades, even if such an upgrade requires a node-reboot. Workloads are then returned to the node after the upgrade is complete.
• VM-level Snapshots – Near-instant VM-level snapshots are now available. Proprietary Allocate-on-Write technology allows for no disruption at the time of the snapshot, no duplication of data, and no performance degradation even with thousands of snapshots per VM. A snapshot can be simply ‘cloned’ to start a VM while still maintaining the integrity of other snapshots both upstream and downstream from the cloned snapshot.
• VM ‘Thin’ Cloning – Enables the user to take a space efficient approach to cloning a VM. Thin clones are bootable, and are similarly unduplicated using the Allocate-on-Write technology.
• Import/Export VMs to Remote File Server – Export allows the user to export VMs to an external server for a full VM backup/archive with a single click. Import allows the operator to recreate a VM and virtual disks from a remote server.
• Higher Capacity Systems – HyperCore was optimized to support new HC3 nodes with 2xVM density by doubling the I/O performance, CPU and memory resources per node. All HC3 systems are highly available and include built-in unified management. The result is a data center solution designed to help mid-to-large size companies scale their infrastructure.

“Scale Computing provides us with a virtual platform that fits exactly what we’re trying to do and will expand as we grow and need it to expand,” said Peter Belk, IT operations manager, Oxford University. “The simplicity of the HC3 platform has helped us free up a good deal of IT team time that we can spend on developing new and better services rather than playing with the backend architecture.”
 
“Maintenance windows cause downtime, create stress, and cost money,” said Jeff Ready, CEO, Scale Computing. “Our product roadmap has always focused on creating an integrated turn-key infrastructure that is easy to use and manage. Providing the ability to upgrade and grow infrastructure without downtime delivers on that vision.”
 
HC3 models 1000, 2000 and 4000 are available. Pricing for an HC3 three-node system starts at $25,499.