We use the solution for virtual machine storage. Any virtual machine that we run is stored in Pure Storage. Everything from databases to applications runs off it.
Infrastructure Systems Team Lead at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
A highly scalable and affordable solution that simplifies operations and reduces power consumption
Pros and Cons
- "The tool has reduced our power consumption."
- "If we suddenly dump large amounts of data onto the storage system, it takes a while to process it."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
The product provides ease of management. It has a lower cost of ownership. The tool has reduced our power consumption.
What is most valuable?
We use the metro cluster. It is very intuitive and easy to set up. The data reduction technology is pretty good. We see quite a good reduction in our data. It’s probably in line with other vendors. The performance is excellent. As a storage platform, the solution has been good and very reliable. It's quite difficult to find anything negative to say about it.
What needs improvement?
There should be improvements in internal data management. If we suddenly dump large amounts of data onto the storage system, it takes a while to process it. The vendor has said that it would be fixed in future releases.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for 20 months. I am using the latest version of the solution.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the stability a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is excellent. I rate the scalability an eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
The support is okay.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The deployment process was very straightforward. It was up and running in an hour. We need two engineers to maintain the product.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price is reasonable. We don’t pay to license any of the features. I rate the pricing an eight out of ten.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I also use Dell EMC and XtremIO.
What other advice do I have?
We do routine upgrades. It’s not that often. It happens every six months. I will recommend the tool to others. Pure Storage has simplified our operations and released our engineers to do other functions. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Infrastructure Analyst at Whirlpool Corporation
Reasonably priced with excellent rates of deduplication and compression
Pros and Cons
- "The product cheaper compared to other solutions concerning the technology that they are using."
- "It was not proactive communication."
What is our primary use case?
Pure Storage is located in manufacturing plants. Basically, we have VMware clusters and those clusters are supported by Pure Storage, and those clusters are intended to support those manufacturing plants.
What is most valuable?
The product cheaper compared to other solutions concerning the technology that they are using. They have excellent rates of deduplication and compression. To offer 20 terabytes of storage, we just need maybe five terabytes of physical hardware. That's great. At the time, there was a notable difference as it was the only vendor with those numbers in terms of deduplication and compression in real-time.
Today other vendor software offers something similar, however, when it was just Pure, it was the best thing. I want to check again, however, usually, we use the Gartner charts to make decisions and start looking for different vendors and maybe the vendors we want to test. At the time, Pure was the leader in every aspect in terms of flash arrays and deduplication and all of that.
What needs improvement?
I don't really have complaints about the solution. It works really well. We are using Pure for something simple, which is just running a small VMware firm. That's why I don't have any other impressions. It works and I'm happy with it. I don't have any problems with the storage we have.
I’m not sure if there are features missing. I'm the one who chooses the technology; however, after the implementation, I don't have too much contact. I'm not in the operations, I'm not working with the console, creating or putting up a launch. I'm not doing that kind of operation work, so I'm not sure what might be missing.
When we start having some issues with transformer attacks and security threats, I had to contact Pure to ask about software patches. With other vendors, they contact us immediately. They would say, "Hey, we had these vulnerabilities. We need to install these patches, and this is super urgent. And we need to do it now." Yet, with Pure, in a couple of situations, I can remember we tried to go to them and send an email or open a support case to ask them, "Hey, I'm pretty sure you are aware of these threats. Are there any patches or updates available, so we can protect those systems?" There were patches available, however, for some reason, we had to ask. It was not proactive communication.
I want them to initiate contact and have automatic requests for their clients to get the patching. Especially if there are critical security issues. I would expect them to contact us immediately and tell us, "Hey, we identify the security threats, and let's plan together how to implement the security patches or whatever is needed to secure systems."
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for a couple of years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable. We only had one issue during the last two years and the support team was able to help us really fast. For the most part it is reliable and the performance is good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. It's modular. You just need to put additional two unit expansions, and that's it.
The data storage is supporting a manufacturing plant. In the end, a lot of people are using those systems. I cannot say a number, however, there is a lot of people. There are probably more than 1000 per each side, considering the 24/7 roles.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support was good. We’ve contacted them multiple times and they were great. They have been helpful every time.
How was the initial setup?
It’s easy to set up and support is excellent. The administration console is super easy to understand and extremely intuitive. Even if you are not a storage expert, you can easily understand what you are doing. I like it - it's not complex at all.
What other advice do I have?
We are just customers.
We have two different deployments. One is located in a big data center, and another two are in smaller remote data centers.
We have multiple data centers. We’re a manufacturing company and we need to keep a physical footprint in almost all our manufacturing plants and some of the branch offices. We try to put almost all of our workloads in the cloud, however, if there's a reason like latency or security or some stuff that prevents us from using the cloud, then that is when we put those systems in local data centers.
I’d advise potential new users to be careful during the scoping phase as some things will take up more room than you might anticipate or be hard to compress. Since this solution uses compression and deduplication, if you have a lot of databases or media files like videos or images, or that kind of information, it is not great when you try to compress and deduplicate.
We have had some issues with that. One POC was supporting a call center, and this call center is recording the agents' screens as well as the audio of those calls.
That kind of information is extremely bad when you try to compress it. That's why, on that specific storage example, we had capacity issues. That specific application was eating almost all the storage. If you have different information, like application servers, a lot of repeated operating systems, if you have a hundred windows running on precisely the same version, that's great for deduplication and compression. That's something that the pre-sales team from Pure can help with; however, it is important internally to identify all those workloads as that could modify a lot, including what is the result in terms of the estimation of capacity required.
I’d rate the solution nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Senior Data Center Solutions Architect at ChaanBeard.com
Our clients see a reduction in total cost of ownership by around 40%
Pros and Cons
- "The security operating system is its most valuable feature because it's very simple, easy to use, and operate. You don't have to do very serious training to operate this equipment. It's user-friendly and pretty straightforward."
- "It's not so scalable. It's got moderate scaling capabilities right now. The clustering technology needs a bit of work, they need to improve that."
What is our primary use case?
We are a reseller of Pure Storage FlashArray. Our customers use it for virtualization, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
How has it helped my organization?
It has helped to simplify storage because it has a very easy graphical user interface.
Our clients see a reduction in total cost of ownership by around 40%. We have also found that the total cost of ownership of flash is lower than SSD implementations. I track a whole bunch of business markers on the cost of components. I do a lot of cost analysis for customers and I get pricing from all the component manufacturers; Ingram Micro, Toshiba, Seagate and then I compare the pricing. I do that almost every week. I constantly see that it's cheaper than SSD implementations.
What is most valuable?
The security operating system is its most valuable feature because it's very simple, easy to use, and operate. You don't have to do very serious training to operate this equipment. It's user-friendly and pretty straightforward.
The performance analytics are moderate. It's not the best performance platform out there but it's the easiest to operate.
What needs improvement?
They need to find another way of doing data protection, RAID is not working very well. It takes performance away from the SSD.
I would like to have multi-cloud integration.
Latency needs a bit of work. It's pretty good but it needs to get below 300 microseconds. Then the data reduction would be excellent. On average I see twelve to one data reduction.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's not so scalable. It's got moderate scaling capabilities right now. The clustering technology needs a bit of work, they need to improve that.
How are customer service and technical support?
I've used their technical support and would say that it's excellent. I would give them a ten out of ten.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
My clients know it's time to switch solutions because I run a proof of concepts where I test the manufacturer's equipment. If I find something that is a big difference then I let them know about it. Cost, performance, tools, and ease of use are all factors that we take into consideration when choosing to switch. We also chose this solution because of the Evergreen upgrade and the ease of use.
What about the implementation team?
I also install Pure Storage for my clients. The initial setup is very straightforward and very simple. It takes me an hour to set one up.
What was our ROI?
My client's return on investment with Pure Storage is in about 7.3 months.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We also looked at Nimble, which is now owned by HPE, and E8, Dell EMC, and NetApp platform.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. Not a ten because nobody's a ten. We haven't achieved perfection yet.
I would advise someone considering this or a similar solution to push Pure Storage for multi-cloud integration.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Reseller.
Works at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees
We have critical applications running on the solution without any noticeable impact on performance
Pros and Cons
- "Deduplication is an excellent feature. I also like the NAS and support."
- "The latest release contains bugs that shouldn't be in a production environment. Two incidents impacted our client, including hardware-related bugs. They need to be more cautious in testing before they release."
What is our primary use case?
I use Pure Storage for multiple clients. One is a client related to postal services. We are using a database to manage six petabytes.
How has it helped my organization?
The main benefit of Pure Storage is performance. We have critical applications running on FlashArray without any noticeable impact on performance. I can immediately see the difference between Pure Storage and the other arrays I've used.
It has optimized the storage footprint, delivering savings to our clients by drastically reducing the cost of infrastructure and maintenance.
What is most valuable?
Deduplication is an excellent feature. I also like the NAS and support.
What needs improvement?
The latest release contains bugs that shouldn't be in a production environment. Two incidents impacted our client, including hardware-related bugs. They need to be more cautious in testing before they release.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have used Pure Storage for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Pure Storage FlashArray nine out of 10. We have reduced downtime by 30 to 50 percent.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We can upgrade Pure Storage without any latency problems.
How are customer service and support?
I rate Pure Storage support. The response times are good, but they use third-party support. They come and work on hardware issues. Support is available when a client needs it.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have worked with EMC and IBM arrays. Pure Storage is simpler to manage than other arrays. If you already have an array but you don't have the budget for Pure Storage, I wouldn't recommend migrating.
Pure Storage FlashArray isn't completely flash. It's a semi-hybrid that combines SSDs and SAS disks. IBM's flash array is also good in terms of performance. Pure Storage and IBM have comparable conformance.
How was the initial setup?
We had some complications configuring the NAS, and some features did not work for our environment. We achieved ready integration in one domain, but we had two domains in NDRRS. The deployment took less than a day, but we had to complete all the prerequisites. If you are using NAS, you must implement many things before configuring it and working with other teams. It takes maybe a week to complete the array configuration and bring it into production. One person is enough, and Pure Storage doesn't require maintenance.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Pure Storage FlashArray nine out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: Aug 25, 2024
Flag as inappropriateGIS Group Manager (Server, Dir Services, DBA, SAP BASIS/Sec, Mainframe, Storage, Network, & InfoSec) at Haworth
Its ease of use has allowed us to stand up landscapes faster.
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is its upgradeability."
- "What it needs to do is work a little closer with solutions, like VMware, so it understands the particular workloads that are on it. Today, it does not understand the applications which are running against it."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case is SAP.
How has it helped my organization?
Its ease of use has allowed us to stand up landscapes faster.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is its upgradeability.
Pure Storage helps to streamline storage because of its simplicity.
What needs improvement?
What it needs to do is work a little closer with solutions, like VMware, so it understands the particular workloads that are on it. Today, it does not understand the applications which are running against it.
For how long have I used the solution?
4 years
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have never had an issue.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We just doubled it in size it was painless.
How are customer service and technical support?
The technical support is fantastic and proactive.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Our previous platform did not support SAP.
The driver for us to implement Pure Storage in our SAP landscape was that it was SAP certified. Additionally, it had really good numbers and reviews.
How was the initial setup?
We plugged it in, and in an hour, we were using it. It is very straightforward and simple.
What about the implementation team?
We deployed it in-house.
What was our ROI?
We did not displace any other technology with the Pure Storage purchase so it's doesn't have a traditional dollar ROI. From an intangible standpoint the lack of care and feeding is notable and freed up the Storage Team to do other things.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pure Storage has not helped us to reduce our licensing costs.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We looked at Pure Storage, EMC and HPE. We chose Pure Storage because of its innovation.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend the product.
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Solutions Architect at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Provides protection against ransomware threats with immutable snapshots, and it is well known for its scalability, ease of use, and non-disruptive upgrades
Pros and Cons
- "One of the features that my customers are really interested in is immutable snapshots. There are immutable snapshots to which your applications can be reverted back if you are hit by some kind of ransomware threat or malicious attack. That's kind of a key deal, and it is one of the selling points I use to point out to my customers the value and the features that Pure Storage brings to the table."
- "I like what they're doing, but some of my customers complain that they do not have all the bells and whistles and knobs to fine-tune workloads that some of the competitors have. In my opinion, that's good. All customers don't have dedicated storage gurus, and they can get themselves into trouble if they fine-tune too many of those high-performance knobs, but they do get knocked down. Pure Storage takes a hit in the minds and opinions of some of the customers because they cannot customize things as much as compared to a legacy storage provider's appliance such as NetApp, Dell EMC, or even HPE. I personally think 95% of my customers are better off letting the system fine-tune itself. That was something that you needed to do 12 or 15 years ago, but now with all-flash, the technology can handle what it needs to handle. Customers just end up shooting themselves in the foot if they are tweaking too many default settings."
What is our primary use case?
I'm a pre-sales architect. I architect, and I sell them as a partner with Pure Storage on the VAR side. Our customers use it for storage, mainly block-based storage and virtualization storage. Some solutions have both block and file storage, and some solutions only have file storage from Pure.
How has it helped my organization?
It provides additional protection against ransomware threats. If you are hit by some kind of ransomware threat or some kind of malicious attack, you can revert your data back in time to a previous version or snapshot.
What is most valuable?
One of the features that my customers are really interested in is immutable snapshots. There are immutable snapshots to which your applications can be reverted back if you are hit by some kind of ransomware threat or malicious attack. That's kind of a key deal, and it is one of the selling points I use to point out to my customers the value and the features that Pure Storage brings to the table.
Scalability, ease of use, and non-disruptive upgrades are also valuable. They're not using flash just for your tier one storage needs. They're recommending flash for data protection and archive backup, which is the way to go.
If you get the gold support, which is what I sell and recommend for my customers, Pure's support personnel will take care of both software and hardware upgrades, which is another feather in Pure's cap. They make several claims that once you move to Pure Storage, you can take your team of five dedicated storage admins and trim it down to just one person. Their mantra is getting customers out of the game of managing storage and letting the vendor manage the storage. They want to see their customers just consume storage. They have non-disruptive upgrades. You just set up the software and hardware and just consume the storage. They're continuously looking at the dial-homes, the logs that are automatically sent, and fingerprinting potential issues before they're even a problem. That cuts down on a lot of support tickets the customers have to open up. They'll proactively open up tickets when they see something in their analytics on a particular customer's array and recognize that one of their hosts might have a certain HBA with a fault or a bug. They reach out and open a ticket. So, you get your system upgrade, patched, or whatever is needed to resolve the potential problem.
What needs improvement?
I like what they're doing, but some of my customers complain that they do not have all the bells and whistles and knobs to fine-tune workloads that some of the competitors have. In my opinion, that's good. All customers don't have dedicated storage gurus, and they can get themselves into trouble if they fine-tune too many of those high-performance knobs, but they do get knocked down. Pure Storage takes a hit in the minds and opinions of some of the customers because they cannot customize things as much as compared to a legacy storage provider's appliance such as NetApp, Dell EMC, or even HPE. I personally think 95% of my customers are better off letting the system fine-tune itself. That was something that you needed to do 12 or 15 years ago, but now with all-flash, the technology can handle what it needs to handle. Customers just end up shooting themselves in the foot if they are tweaking too many default settings.
Pure is typically more expensive than everyone else. They can work on the price to make it more competitive.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Its stability is very good. I have not heard any of my customers having issues with FlashArray. It is very solid. They claim 99.9999% availability. I haven't had any problems with outages with my customers.
They have another product called FlashBlade, which is a different type of storage appliance that Pure does for unstructured files. FlashBlade doesn't rank as high in reliability as their flagship FlashArray product does. The FlashBlade product is a notch below. It is a newer product or code, and I have heard of some issues with it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Its scalability is very good. It scales up instead of out, which is typical for a block-based appliance. It is very easy to add expansion shelves or disks. You don't need to worry about shuffling drives around and creating RAID groups. This is all legacy stuff. Most vendors are now the same, but I really think that Pure led the effort for non-disruptive upgrades. They coined the term, and other vendors have since followed suit. They're the leader in the industry for that.
How are customer service and technical support?
Their regular support is good. With gold support, Pure's support personnel takes care of both software and hardware upgrades. The only difference between free support and gold support is that you don't get free hardware upgrades with free support. If I understand the offering correctly, software upgrades are still included.
How was the initial setup?
If we're just talking about Pure Storage, it is straightforward and simple. You can get it up in minutes as opposed to hours that some of the other solutions take. Compared to its competitive solutions, Pure is very well known for its simplicity and ease of use, especially during setup and initialization.
A single 2U appliance from Pure Storage for block-based workloads, including rack stack and initialization, is ready to be provisioned to your servers in an hour or an hour and a half to the max. It is definitely straightforward.
If you get the gold support, Pure's support personnel will take care of both software and hardware upgrades. So, you don't have to manage storage. Pure takes care of that.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pure is typically more expensive than everyone else. You get what you pay for, but I have lost deals to similar solutions because of pricing.
They include everything, and that's another positive about Pure Storage. They aren't trying to nickel and dime their customers for different features. It is all included in one price. The license is by capacity, and the price depends on the capacity and the discount we're getting from the vendor. You get the SKU of the physical appliance, support, and maintenance, and that's it. You're licensed for whatever feature they offer. It is all rolled up into the price of the appliance.
What other advice do I have?
I would advise others to chose well. Prepare to have extra time on your hands to focus on your business's core needs and outcomes and not having to worry about the day-to-day maintenance of your storage appliance.
All my customers are pretty happy with most Pure Storage solutions. They might ask for customization level, but I think Pure is doing the right thing by its set-it-and-forget-it approach. Most customers don't need to fine-tune and customize their all-flash storage appliances anymore. It is not a legacy spinning disk appliance.
I would rate Pure Storage FlashArray a nine out of 10. Its pricing sometimes plays a big part where customers might go in a different direction, and that's the only reason why I'm not giving it a 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
IT engineer at a engineering company with 10,001+ employees
Excellent performance, data protection, and support
Pros and Cons
- "Pure Storage FlashArray offers numerous valuable features, such as low latency and high throughput."
- "There is not a great need for improvement, but better pricing could be beneficial."
What is our primary use case?
I use Pure Storage FlashArray to provide LUNs or volumes for end users who want to work on a database for zoning, enabling them to operate effectively with end-user arrays.
How has it helped my organization?
The device gives us a lot of protection in maintaining our data in the storage. It gives high throughput across many locations.
We have faster data processing with low file consumption. This includes multi-terabyte databases in memory with read-write speed four times faster than any HDD.
What is most valuable?
Pure Storage FlashArray offers numerous valuable features, such as low latency and high throughput. It has significant data protection in the form of snapshots. It allows data portability around the cloud and on-premises devices. Performance backup is also a key feature.
The support that we received from the vendor during upgrades has been very good. They instructed us very well through the remote connection.
What needs improvement?
I have worked with two types of Pure Storage FlashArray. So far, I have not found any issues. There is not a great need for improvement, but better pricing could be beneficial.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Pure Storage FlashArray for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable. I would rate it an eight out of ten for stability.
There is always downtime when working with production servers. I have to plan downtime of three or four hours when launching new servers or logging into new servers with new LUNs. If a lot of people are logging into a FlashArray server, it will require downtime if we have to modify anything.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is scalable. I would rate the scalability of Pure Storage FlashArray a nine out of ten.
It is being used at a single location. We have 30 people using it.
How are customer service and support?
Their support is too good. As soon as I log a case with them, they are always available. They are very fast. I would rate them a ten out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have worked with different storage boxes such as Quantum, NetApp, and HPE, but they are different. They are block storage. Pure Storage provides a unique compatibility when working with LUNs and volumes, offering a totally different SAN product. It is also easier than the others.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward and took about 40 minutes.
What was our ROI?
The solution has saved us time and resources. It has saved about 20% of my time.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I would rate it a seven out of ten for pricing. It could be improved.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Pure Storage FlashArray to anyone because it offers great resilience, high throughput, and excellent storage provision to users on SAN boxes. It simplifies the process of zoning or taking backups.
I would rate Pure Storage FlashArray a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: Oct 30, 2024
Flag as inappropriateStorage architect at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Good support and reduction in downtime but requires better performance reporting
Pros and Cons
- "The snapshot feature is valuable. It protects data based on the policy."
- "I have been primarily working with storage and have not fully explored other areas, but there is some room for improvement when it comes to performance reporting."
What is our primary use case?
We use Pure Storage FlashArray for storage allocation, DR, replication, and performance. We are migrating both servers and storage to Pure Storage.
How has it helped my organization?
It has reduced downtime significantly, and the self-service upgrade feature allows us to handle upgrades smoothly through the console.
It has helped decrease our organization’s storage footprint. There is about 15% reduction.
What is most valuable?
The snapshot feature is valuable. It protects data based on the policy. We can schedule snapshots and have unalterable data. It reduces management efforts.
Vendor support is good. After raising a case, we get a response within an hour or two.
What needs improvement?
I have been primarily working with storage and have not fully explored other areas, but there is some room for improvement when it comes to performance reporting.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Pure Storage FlashArray for one year. I have been using Hitachi Storage and Sun Storage on all legacy devices. We are migrating all these servers and storage to Pure Storage FlashArray.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Our experience with the stability of FlashArray has been excellent. On a scale from one to ten, I would rate it an eight.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of the solution is quite good, and I would rate it an eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
For a P2 issue, the SLA is 4 hours. They were able to resolve the issue within two hours. Just a month ago, we faced an issue, and they were able to resolve that within an hour. We got support immediately.
The technical support provided by Pure Storage is exceptional, and I would rate it a ten out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have been handling all the legacy environments, such as Hitachi USP V/VM, Hitachi AMS, Sun StorageTek, and EMC. They all were at the end of life and out of support. We have more than 1,000 devices and servers. Our servers were also out of service and end of life. We planned to migrate all the servers and data into Pure Storage as single devices. Instead of using multiple storage solutions, we wanted to use a single one and move to Pure Storage. We also had to deal with different vendors for support. We wanted to have a single vendor.
With these legacy devices, we were not getting any support. When we had any hardware failure or some issues, we were not getting a solution. For any hardware failures, we were not getting the parts. That is why we thought of migrating to Pure Storage.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment took about two months, primarily due to planning and the time taken for customer approval processes.
We are primarily using it on-premises, but we have plans to move to the cloud over the next one or two years.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution. I would rate Pure Storage FlashArray a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: Oct 30, 2024
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- How would you compare Dell PowerProtect DD vs NetApp FAS series?
- Has anyone tried Dell EMC PowerStore? What do you think of it and how was migration?
- Dell EMC XtremIO Flash Storage OR Hitachi Virtual Storage F Series
- Pure Storage or NetApp for VDI?
- When evaluating Enterprise Flash Array Storage, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?
- IBM vs. EMC vs. Hitachi Compression