Item: Pure Storage FlashArray
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Pure Storage FlashArray

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pure is our Tier 1 storage solution at two locations for VMware and Microsoft environments.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Rock solid SAN
Storage reduction
Ease of use/management
Ease of support and upgrading
Replication

Cons

Lower cost solutions for ROBO
A NAS solution

Return on Investment

After implementation no one, once, has pointed as storage as a possible reason for slowness.

Alternatives Considered

HPE Nimble Storage, Dell EMC SC Series (Compellent) and Western Digital IntelliFlash (Tegile)

It beats them hands down on everything. It is faster with better compressions and dedup. Management is at the next level - not legacy at all. Upgrades are easier. Getting a unit online and working was faster, as was expanding storage. vCenter plug-in's are easier to use and rock solid vVOL support.

Other Software Used

vSphere, SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor, Windows Server

Likelihood to Recommend

Any use case for fast and reliable storage. If you can afford it I suggest using it everywhere. So easy to use.

Pure Storage FlashArray Feature Ratings

Using Pure Storage FlashArray

Usability

As soon as we went this route we never had to question if any issue we were/are having is storage related. I don't have to devote time to putzing around and pushing buttons and twisting knobs to fine tune the system. It does it's thing and it does it well - no babysitting or constant maintenance involved.

Usability Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar	None

Easy Tasks

New volumes from the vSphere plug-in
Expanding volumes from the vSphere plug-in
The plug-in works great and makes my life easier
Restoring/cloning volumes

Difficult Tasks

There isn't much; mainly it's things that I manually do like going through the steps to manually add a server to a cluster (instead of doing the cluster and having it add and configure everything automatically)

Mobile Interface Availability and Impressions

Yes - Works, great - I've checked on the system away from the office and opened and managed tickets. I've shown it to other companies saying you need a mobile app and it should look like this. It's intuitive and easy to use.

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Mikayla Rosaia
(Vendor Representative) commented 5 years ago
Thank you for taking the time to update your review and sharing your experience with FlashArray! We are always looking for customers to participate in advocacy opportunities. If you are interested in sharing your story, please contact us at customer-reference@purestorage.com

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