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Infrastructure Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
MSP
Our latency has gone down and the compression is amazing
Pros and Cons
  • "We can capacity plan at a greater level than we used to."
  • "The technical support needs to improve. When we open a case, it is auto assigned to a support tech person. Nine out of ten times, we get an email right back saying that person is off until tomorrow. I cannot handle that. They just did this over the weekend to us, too. I had to call our rep and have them do something about it."

What is our primary use case?

It is for our enterprise. The product is fantastic. 

We have an Evergreen Storage subscription.

How has it helped my organization?

Our latency has gone down.

We can capacity plan at a greater level than we used to.

What is most valuable?

Speed is its most valuable feature.

The compression is amazing.

What needs improvement?

The support needs improvement.

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How are customer service and support?

I would rate the technical support as a five (out of ten). They need to improve. When we open a case, it is auto assigned to a support tech person. Nine out of ten times, we get an email right back saying that person is off until tomorrow. I cannot handle that. They just did this over the weekend to us, too. I had to call our rep and have them do something about it.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

My previous solution was EOL.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward because Pure Storage set it up for us.

We have undergone an upgrade of our controllers, and the process was okay.

What about the implementation team?

We did use a company for the deployment, and our experience was fantastic. We ended up buying the company.

What was our ROI?

I have seen ROI. It has allowed me to increase the density of my VMs without having to purchase anything additional.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

NetApp and Isilon were also on the shortlist.

What other advice do I have?

The compression is true and does happen.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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StaffSys92a1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Staff System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
MSP
It simplifies our storage with its simple UI, but I would like to have Snapshots in the next release
Pros and Cons
  • "It helps simplify our storage, because the user interface is very simple and the installation is easy."
  • "I would like to have Snapshots and Snapmail in the next release. People who came from a NetApp background, especially expect these features."

What is our primary use case?

We are using it for scratch space.

How has it helped my organization?

Most of our jobs require partial storage (or read/write). While it is temporary storage, it is doing a fantastic job. 

What is most valuable?

Its SSD to storage is its most valuable feature.

It helps simplify our storage, because the user interface is very simple and the installation is easy.

What needs improvement?

I would like to have Snapshots and Snapmail in the next release. People who came from a NetApp background, especially expect these features.

For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is very scalable. I have gone from five blades to seven blades. While it did require some rebooting, it scales well.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We wanted to have a multi-vendor strategy. We already had two storage vendors and we wanted to more competition. This was where Pure Storage came in. We were looking for a SSD data storage or all-flash base, so that is where this solution fits in.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

We used an integrator for the deployment.

What other advice do I have?

We are using it for our scratch space, and it works well for our use case.

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IT Systems Admin at Greer CPW
Real User
The initial setup is pretty easy and simple
Pros and Cons
  • "The initial setup is pretty easy and simple."
  • "The speed could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use it for backups and replications of our IBM Systems.

How has it helped my organization?

It does a good job in-house, as an onsite solution.

What is most valuable?

The solution’s inline deduplication and compression do a good job.

What needs improvement?

The speed could be improved.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We are on the low side for our storage. I wish we had purchased more.

We are looking to grow, so we will probably be adding more storage.

How are customer service and technical support?

The tech support is pretty good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

It was setup before I joined the company.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is pretty easy and simple.

We have done upgrades of our physical controllers.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Our licensing is renewed annually.

What other advice do I have?

They are doing very well with the product.

We have integrated the solution with VMware. The integration process was user-friendly.

We use SolarWinds to evaluate our performance metrics.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Technicad7c9 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Director at Envestnet Yodlee
Real User
Better overall performance and has saved total production storage usage
Pros and Cons
  • "I would rate this solution an eight plus. It has has good flexibility and stability, it's easy to manage and the response time is good."
  • "I would like to see more deduplication."

How has it helped my organization?

We are pretty sensitive to response times and have been running storages before PR. We used to not have a great response time but once we moved to this solution it has saved total production storage usage. It has better overall performance. 

There is predictive analysis that PR provides us and the customer. It's useful for as to translate what is being expected. We can calculate and plan the capacity based on the predictive analysis.

What is most valuable?

Deduplication and response time are its most valuable features. 

What needs improvement?

I would like to see more deduplication. 

For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Has been pretty stable. We haven't encountered any issues. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I like the scalability options. We recently expanded the storage and it's not straightforward but their team helped make it happen.

How is customer service and technical support?

Their technical support is awesome. I would give it five stars. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution an eight plus. It has has good flexibility and stability, it's easy to manage and the response time is good. 

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Enrico Boseli - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 10Leaderboard
Fantastic technical support, good product replication, and highly reliable
Pros and Cons
  • "The main feature I have found to be product replication."
  • "There could be improvements in public cloud integration."

What is our primary use case?

This solution is mainly used in a very performance-sensitive environment for enterprise software storage.

What is most valuable?

The main feature I have found to be product replication.

What needs improvement?

There could be improvements in public cloud integration.

In the future, one innovation could be for them to make an embedded backup system.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for a couple of years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of the solution is really impressive.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is possible, however, if they could make the process faster to the cloud it would be better.

How are customer service and technical support?

The technical support is fantastic.

How was the initial setup?

The installation was extremely easy.

What was our ROI?

The fact that the solution is extremely stable and it works really great each dollar spent on this solution is worth it.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of this solution could be made more affordable.

What other advice do I have?

My advice to those wanting to implement this solution is it can be very effective only in proper use cases, not in every use case.

I rate Pure Storage FlashBlade an eight 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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