Pure Evergreen provides next-
generation FlashArray to
customers, without disruption
P
ure Storage, a data solutions
leader delivering a modern data
experience, has announced the
availability of its third-generation all-
NVMe FlashArray//X. This update to the
award-winning FlashArray family provides
customers with higher performance and
enables faster time-to-market. With its
one-of-a-kind, industry-first Evergreen
Storage model, customers can enjoy
access to continuous innovation from Pure
Storage that includes these and future
updates to its product and solutions suite.
“FlashArray//X has been recognised as
the industry’s smartest purchase, one
that gives enterprise customers a path to
better IT operations. Instead of worrying
about ageing storage, Pure’s customers
always have the most innovative, feature-
rich solutions,” said Prakash Darji, General
Manager for FlashArray, Pure Storage.
“Evergreen is still one-of-a-kind in the data
storage world because it allows customers
to benefit from future features and
innovations from Pure Storage without
delays, interruptions or expensive, painful
migrations. Customers can rest assured
The latest generation FlashArray//X allows
customers to accelerate and consolidate
database and enterprise workloads,
extend them to the cloud and modernise
their data protection strategies. All of
the enhanced features, functionality
and performance of FlashArray//X are
also available through Pure as-a-Service
utility-based consumption model. Pure
as-a-Service offers unified hybrid cloud
data services, enabling customers to
deploy on-premises, in colocated or
hosted environments or in public clouds
– all with a unified subscription, common
functionality and a full cloud experience.
“Evergreen ensures we have access to
the latest and greatest, but what really
sets Pure apart as a strategic vendor is
its ability to continually innovate new
products, solutions and features that
drive real results across our business,”
said Keith Martin, Senior Director of
Cloud Capacity Engineering, ServiceNow.
“Whether it’s hardware or software
updates, or a complete overhaul to the
platform, we know we’re going to be
able to take advantage without delay.
This, in turn, allows us to innovate at the
speed of modern commerce, a decided
advantage in a world where real-time has
become expectation.”
Benefits of the new FlashArray//X:
Accelerate key applications
• The new FlashArray//X can drive
performance gains up to 25%
versus the previous generation
FlashArray//X, with updated
controllers that feature new Intel
Xeon Scalable Processors formerly
named Cascade Lake, announced
by Intel.
• Customers can accelerate enterprise
application performance including
SAP HANA, Oracle and Microsoft
SQL Server. SAP HANA OLAP with
NSE performance increases up to
50% over the previous generation
//X non-disruptively, with no
migration required.
• Customers can accelerate and
consolidate DAS Applications such
as PostgreSQL and MySQL for
increased efficiency and improved
time-to-market.
• MySQL testing yielded up to 50%
faster performance at 35% lower
latency compared to DAS
• PostgreSQL testing yielded up to 20%
faster performance at 35% lower
latency compared to DAS
• Support for NVMe-oF and
Storage Class Memory enable
FlashArray to provide latency as low
as 150µs, providing the performance
required for the most demanding
enterprise databases and maximum
density to shrink data centre real
estate requirements. ◊
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that their investment in Pure’s next-
generation FlashArray//X, optimised for
future updates coming from Purity//FA,
will continue to deliver better results than
the competition.”