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Pure Storage FlashArray

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What is Pure Storage FlashArray?

Pure Storage in Mountain View, California offers all-flash array data storage promising affordability, high availability, and consistent performance.

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All flash storage for all-round workload

Rating: 10 out of 10
January 4, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We are using Pure Storage FlashArray for virtualization and for main datastore, and I think it is perfect for our environment that needs to process multiple real time transact...
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Bagit Airlangga
Administrator - Information Technology
Junior Manager Data Center
PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero)
Pure Storage FlashArray2 years of experience

Pure Flash always gets you there in time

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 30, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We deployed one array to a client's DRP which went pretty well. Currently it handles the DRP data and a few offsite production workloads which needed to be handled since this ...
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Victor Padro
Engineer - Information Technology
Service Engineer
SCAT - Servicios en Computación y en Alta Tecnología
Pure Storage FlashArray3 years of experience

We bet on PURE Storage, and have won performance and less stress.

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 19, 2021
Vetted ReviewVerified User
[Pure Storage FlashArray is] used across the whole environment for both block and file storage
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Ben Bullock
Technician - Information Technology
Sr. Systems Administrator
Blue Cross of Idaho
Pure Storage FlashArray6 years of experience

My Pure Storage Experience

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 23, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Pure Storage is used by the entire organization to host Microsoft SQL Server 2019 database as well as hosting multiple VM's. Pure Storage is extremely efficient for fast datab...
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Todd Rasmussen
C-Level Executive - Corporate
CIO (Chief Information Officer)
Paramount Acceptance
Pure Storage FlashArray5 years of experience

Pure-ly fast storage!

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 23, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We are using Pure Storage in our organisation to provide datastores in our production VMware vSphere environment and have found it to be a great replacement for the EMC XtremI...
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Muhammad Mulla
Engineer - Information Technology
Systems Administrator, Core Infrastructure & Microsoft Systems
Cancer Research UK
Pure Storage FlashArray1 year of experience
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Product Demos

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Features

Enterprise Flash Array Storage

All-flash array storage is a solid state, high performance storage option.

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Product Details

What is Pure Storage FlashArray?

Pure Storage FlashArray is available in tow models: FlashArray//C is an all-QLC flash array thatdelivers the NVMe performance, hyper-consolidation, and simplified management. FlashArray//X is all-flash, 100% software-driven, and 100% NVMe storage optimized for corporate and enterprise environments.

Current available models include:

  • FlashArray//XL - Can be used to run everything from massive databases to cloud-native applications with faster transactions and more responsive customer experiences with enterprise availability and disaster protection. FlashArray//XL is designed to give businesses the freedom to innovate without storage as a constraint.
  • FlashArray//X - Unified block and file storage designed to be easy to use but also powerful. Used to accelerate everything from Tier 1 databases to large-scale virtualized and cloud-native apps, with a non-disruptive upgrade path.
  • FlashArray//C - Designed to provide a home to business-critical workloads and data, with 99.9999% availability, non-disruptive upgrades, and consistent single-millisecond latency.
  • FlashArray//E - Designed to deliver simplicity and efficiency of flash for all file and block data repositories, from content libraries to backup sets to active archives. Released in June of 2023, FlashArray//E are offered to expand customers’ options to tackle data growth down to 1PB without the need for frustrating offline archives or expanding expensive disk systems.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Pure Storage in Mountain View, California offers all-flash array data storage promising affordability, high availability, and consistent performance.

Dell PowerMax NVMe, NetApp AFF A-Series, and HPE Nimble Storage are common alternatives for Pure Storage FlashArray.

Reviewers rate Flash Array Performance and Non-Intrusive Upgrades and Simplicity highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Pure Storage FlashArray are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Pure Storage FlashArray - Easy to set up, use, and maintain.

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
September 24, 2019
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Food & Beverages Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Pure Storage FlashArray
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our Pure Storage FlashArray is used for our general virtualization environment. We have application and database servers running on it. The business problem we're trying to address is latency.
Pros
  • Software upgrades are done flawlessly by remote technicians. The techs are very prompt and you do not have to have a major lead time to get this accomplished.
  • Support is stellar. Timely updates and resolutions.
  • This storage array does not have a bunch of custom tuning. It is tuned for the best performance possible which gives it more predictable results.
Cons
  • The GUI could be more intuitive. It takes a little getting used to if you're coming from other vendors.
  • More performance statistics could be made customer-facing. Something simple like CPU utilization is not even available.
  • Asynchronous replication could use improvement. Instead of sending the replication on a time schedule, just asynchronously replicate when possible.
Likelihood to Recommend
Pure Storage FlashArray is all around a good fit for any workload given that it is all-flash storage. Be a bit cautious about putting too many high performing applications on it as you'll run out of CPU resources well before you overrun the SSD/NVMe modules. Although this storage has the ability to attach more shelves of modules to it, you definitely want to do analysis on whether the CPU can handle it or not.

Fast and easy to manage

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
August 17, 2020
Verified User
Engineer in Professional Services
Information Technology & Services Company, 501-1000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Pure Storage FlashArray
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Pure Storage FlashArray runs the entire infrastructure for one of my clients. It initially replaced Equallogic arrays that did not meet our performance needs. Our database applications average 30k+ IOPS and the old array just wasn't enough.
Pros
  • Storage performance is outstanding.
  • Service has been excellent.
  • Ease of use is wonderful.
Cons
  • Array didn't integrate well with our old v-center and we were not notified about the incompatibility.
  • Documentation can be difficult to access.
Likelihood to Recommend
Pure Storage is great for medium to large businesses that need high-performance storage for applications and databases.

A Pure pleasure to use!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
May 27, 2020
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Pure Storage FlashArray
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use the Pure Array to provide storage for a VMware ESX infrastructure supporting security operations and testing. We replaced two racks of spinning disks (over 200TB) in use with one "small" 3-4 RU Pure Array with significantly less power requirements and significant performance improvements. Probably the best part (of moving from a major storage provider known by 3 letters) was the improved support and ease on the support staff. We are no longer concerned with storage issues from running out or missing a significant issue or upgrade.
Pros
  • Support over the last 18 months we have been 2-3 upgrades - no down time, we just schedule it and the tech gets it done.
  • Notification of potential issues - they told us that one of our servers was throwing storage errors, while we were aware of the issue, it is nice knowing that there is another party following up.
  • Performance - the array has done exactly what they claimed from density of deduplication to work load support.
Cons
  • The only con I can think of going in is the expense - the array seems expensive for what you get, but when the value is considered, it really is not a concern. I have to say of all the tech purchased, we have not found a good solid Con.....
Likelihood to Recommend
If you cannot afford it, it probably is not a good choice - but why are you looking at enterprise storage then? We use in a virtual space and it works GREAT. We use it with a Multi-5TB data base which is hammered 24x7 - any issues are not related to storage - every issue we have had is due to the application.

Pure Storage is simple to use, implement and manage.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
March 26, 2021
Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 1001-5000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Pure Storage FlashArray
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Pure Storage is used in all of our data centers across the Pacific Northwest, including in our Candian operations as well. Since moving from traditional RAID, disk-based arrays (EMC, HP/LeftHand) we have left behind the 'old ways' of storage implementations. Implementation, provisioning, and management of storage with Array has been greatly simplified. We have undergone multiple Array upgrades from one model to the next, non-disruptively, 100% as advertised. We have even seen the new controllers upon renewal of support at the end of year 3, as well. Support costs remained relatively stable and predictable based on capacity and since moving to Pure we have not had to migrate all our data to a new SAN because it was cheaper to buy a new array than to continue support on the existing. All of these benefits have revolutionized our data center management strategy, all the while giving us amazing performance for our virtual workloads.
Pros
  • Performance: heads and tails above and beyond what a traditional array ever brought to the table.
  • Manageability: 8 hour, overnight upgrades are a thing of the past. Open a case with Pure's Support Team, give them an operating window for the upgrade and then they do the upgrades remotely, generally within an hour.
  • Deduplication: because of the 4:1 deduplication ratios that we are seeing in our environments, we reduced from a full rack of EMC VNX hardware, to 5RU of Rackspace in one of our data centers, while the rest of our arrays are sitting in a single 3RU chassis, providing all the storage we need for 100s of Windows Server and Desktop VMs.
Cons
  • I really cannot think of anything that Pure needs to do differently. They are constantly innovating their Pure1 SaaS interface with more benefits and providing on-array software updates that provide value to our IT Team.
Likelihood to Recommend
FlashArray is well suited to general virtual workloads, especially where there are low latency and high I/O requirements. We run all kinds of virtualized SQL workloads without issue and we run our VMware Horizon VDI deployment right alongside the virtual server infrastructure without any performance problems. If you have a lot of test/dev environments, it is a great solution as well because of the deduplication technologies built into Array.

Pure Storage FlashArray was all that was promised and even easier to manage.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
September 05, 2019
Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Insurance Company, 501-1000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Pure Storage FlashArray
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our company was in the market for a new array that would require less time to administer and less technical issues. The Pure Storage FlashArray was the clear winner after vetting out several competitors. Over the last couple of years, we have upgraded and purchased another for DR. In my 30+ years in IT, this has been an array that has delivered and been simple to patch and upgrade. We will continue to be a customer for years to come.
Pros
  • Low amount of hands-on maintenance.
  • Replication to another Pure is simple.
  • Patching is a non-event.
Cons
  • High price for extra shelves and storage.
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited for all array needs even VDI. Also very useful in DR replication since it was fairly easy to configure.
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