Goodwill Central Coast migrates to Scale Computing platform

Goodwill Central Coast, a regional chapter of the US-based Goodwill non-profit retail organisation, has implemented Scale Computing’s HC3 Edge platform for the in-store IT infrastructure across its 20 locations.

Spanning three counties in southern California, Goodwill Central Coast’s mission is to provide employment for individuals who face barriers to work, such as homelessness, military service, single parenting, incarceration, addiction and job displacement.

It previously was using a legacy virtualisation system that required physical reboots every other month. The organisation was looking to save management time by replacing its IT infrastructure with a virtual server system capable of simply and efficiently managing remote servers. It was also after a hyperconverged system for its ability to migrate from physical servers to virtual.

Since implementation of Scale Computing’s tech, Goodwill Central Coast has upgraded its Point of Sale system, increased drive space, saved resources, and saved 15% on the initial IT budget. “The cumbersome nature of managing our previous technology led me to look into other solutions, and I’m so glad I found Scale Computing,” says Kevin Waddy, IT Director, Goodwill Central Coast.

“I migrated 24 file servers to the new Scale Computing solution during the day with little to no downtime, spending 20 minutes on some servers. The training and support during the migration was comprehensive and I’ve had zero issues with the system in the six months I’ve had it in place. Scale Computing HC3 is a single pane of glass that’s easy to manage, and it has saved us so much time on projects.