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Edge Computing and Distributed Enterprise

For edge computing and distributed enterprise, which include remote office/back office (ROBO), we address the need for very small infrastructure requirements at locations supporting a small number of users. These remote sites, away from the central IT hub, most likely do not have any dedicated IT staff which makes management problematic. Still, these sites often need a number of services from IoT, Active Directory, DNS, messaging and communications, file and print services, among others.

You may be thinking that a low-cost traditional server or two would suffice for these sites and that is how these sites have traditionally been architected. However, SC//Platform offers so much more than traditional server architecture for distributed enterprise. With SC//Platform running at both the central IT hub and the remote sites, the distributed enterprise infrastructure is not only easier to manage, but more resilient and able to be recovered from disaster much more quickly.

SC//Platform brings faster time to value in the data center, in the distributed enterprise, and at the edge

Scale Computing Platform brings simplicity, high availability and scalability together, replacing the existing infrastructure and providing high availability for running VMs in a single, easy-to-manage platform.

Run your applications in a fully integrated platform. Regardless of your hardware requirements, the same innovative software and simple user interface give you the power to run infrastructure efficiently at the edge.

As the industry-leading VMware alternative you can reduce downtime by up to 90% and reduce your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by 40%.

How is SC//HyperCore Storage Different?

When it comes to data access for users, efficiency is better for productivity. Many factors affect how efficiently the data is delivered to users including networking, processing, and maybe the most important, storage architecture efficiency. Many storage architectures are complex, layering multiple storage protocols along with virtual appliances simply to present block storage to virtual machines.

By virtue of having a tight integration between hypervisor, hardware, and storage, Scale Computing has created a hypervisor-embedded storage architecture within SC//HyperCore to deliver high efficiency along with streamlined simplicity. This unique architecture provides a number of benefits.

How is SC//Platform Different for Edge Computing?

Edge computing describes a physical computing infrastructure that is intentionally located outside the four walls of the data center. The purpose of edge computing is to place applications, compute, and storage resources near to where they are needed, used, and where data is collected. Being outside the data center, the infrastructure requirements for edge computing can be much smaller, smaller even than a typical small server configuration.

Right-Sized Infrastructure

As discussed previously, the VSA-style storage architectures of other HCI solutions can consume large amounts of RAM and even CPU. These solutions simply can't scale down to smaller server/appliance form factors because of their resource consumption.

SC//HyperCore is extremely lightweight compared to other hyperconverged virtualization stacks, mainly because of the storage architecture. SC// HyperCore, in which the SCRIBE storage layer is embedded, only allocates about 4GB of RAM to operate. This has allowed Scale Computing to offer the HE150 Edge appliance which starts with as little as 8GB of RAM for edge computing.

Compare this to other HCI solutions that require virtual storage appliances (VSAS) which are entire VMs consuming upwards of 24GB of RAM before you even start creating VMs. You aren't going to find those solutions available in a small appliance like the HE150, especially where you may be targeting an appliance with 8-16GB of RAM. Even on systems with a minimum of 32GB of RAM, the HCI solution software and the VSA appliance are going to consume most of the RAM.