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

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We're using it in an environment where code is being tested by thousands of VM's at once. They spin up, test code, and then spin down and generate the results.

Pros and Cons

Provides the ability to create tens of thousands of VM's virtually instantly.
The ability to work with large amounts of data rapidly.
Zero downtime updates and maintenance, and power failures are basically nonexistent.
Rock-solid reliability.

VVOL's could be implemented in a clearer manner.

Return on Investment

It has allowed us to better manage our resources, and we've been able to dedicate fewer man hours to the projects where PS FA is our main storage device.

Alternatives Considered

It is light years ahead of our previous solutions, including xyzApp, xyzGen, FusionXY and Superxyz.

PS FA is well suited to environments that utilize many hundreds of thousands, or millions, of IOPS where you need rock-solid reliability and ultra-fast response times. It would be overkill in an environment where IOPS is in the tens of thousands or less, in my opinion. You'd still get the same reliability and outstanding latency/performance though, which is a huge plus.

Pure Storage Array is a game changer for us

Overall Satisfaction with Pure Storage FlashArray

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros and Cons

Return on Investment

Alternatives Considered

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