Scale Computing HC3250DF HC3 Appliance for Databases and VDI

Scale Computing, Inc. announced the HC3250DF, the first of a new class of HC3 appliances designed to enhance support for performance-intensive use cases such as database analytics and high density VDI deployments.

With faster storage, more CPU, and faster networking options, the HC3250DF is designed for performance computing for both the enterprise and the SMB and from the core data centre to the edge.

“Enterprise and SMB customers have a need for an HCI solution that can service larger databases, mid-range VDI, and other performance-intensive use cases,” said Steve McDowell, senior technology analyst, Moor Insights and Strategy. “Scale Computing hits the mark with this latest addition to its core HC3 virtualisation system, which has become well-known for its ability to be quickly deployed and easily managed and scaled.”

The HC3250DF stands out from other HCI solutions designed for performance computing with its ease of use, and brings an amount of speed, density, throughput, and power to enable VDI for more users per node while keeping future growth in focus. Unlike more complex infrastructure solutions that try to emulate classic SAN storage infrastructure, the HC3250DF is easier to deploy, manage, scale out, and its NVMe storage architecture requires no manual configuration and consumes less system RAM, resulting in more RAM being available to VMs and their applications.

“Easy to deploy and manage, the all-NVMe HC3250DF helps organisations run a wider range of applications with ,ying performance needs and supports higher VM density, increasing efficiency and allows IT departments everywhere to meet increased end-user expectations. Both persistent and non-persistent VDI workloads thrive on the newly redesigned underlying storage layer, which is created to maximise performance,” said Dave Demlow, VP, product management. “With the new pressure on IT to enable remote work whenever necessary, this appliance is an excellent foundation for VDI deployments from a several hundred users to a few thousand.“

Like all company’s HC3 appliances, the HC3250DF features automation for self-healing and HA to keep clusters running through component and appliance failures, as well as integrated DR capabilities to protect data and workloads to remote sites for fast failover and recovery.

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These capabilities enable applications to achieve maximum uptime even when local IT resources and staff are scarce, making the HC3250DF the application platform for core data centre and edge computing use cases where IoT, ease-of-use, HA and TCO matter. This includes retail, industrial, finance, remote office/back office, and mobile platforms.

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