Uncomplicate your unstructured data

Pure Storage FlashBlade is an advanced all-flash storage solution designed to handle both file and object workloads. It is known for its high performance, simplicity, and scalability, making it suitable for modern data experiences and unstructured data management. Pure Storage FlashBlade is a powerful solution for organizations looking to modernize their data infrastructure, offering a combination of high performance, flexibility, and simplicity.

Pure Storage and World Wide Technology partner together to deliver solutions for modern data management needs that address customer challenges related to data storage, security, performance, and scalability. WWT's ATC provides hands-on access to FlashBlade, allowing customers to evaluate its capabilities and see its value in action. 

Pure Storage - WWT AI Proving Ground Install

Ryan Avery, WWT Technical Solutions Architect, unboxes Pure Storage's new FlashBlade//S — the only scale-out storage platform that lets customers scale capacity and performance independently. We're excited to see what this high-performance storage solution can do inside our AI Proving Ground lab environment.
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Explore FlashBlade Solutions

Pure Storage® FlashBlade//S™ and FlashBlade//E are both advanced storage solutions designed to handle file and object workloads, but they have some key differences. 

Performance & Architecture - FlashBlade//S™: This model is designed for high performance and flexibility. It features a modular architecture that decouples compute and capacity, allowing customers to scale them independently based on their needs. This architecture is built on QLC (Quad-Level Cell) flash technology, which provides high performance and scalability. 

Target Use Cases -  It is ideal for environments that require high performance, such as AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning) workloads, rapid restore integration, and cloud data management solutions. It is designed to consolidate data silos and accelerate data insights and discoveries. 

Scalability - Offers elastic scale-out architecture, allowing seamless scaling up to multi-petabyte capacity by simply adding more blades. This model supports independent scaling of performance and capacity, enhancing flexibility and reducing upfront costs. 

To Sum It Up - FlashBlade//S™ is optimized for high performance and flexibility, making it suitable for demanding workloads.

Performance & Architecture - This model is built on the same architecture as FlashBlade//S but uses lower performant blades. It is designed to target file and object workloads that traditionally run on disk-based storage arrays. FlashBlade//E aims to provide a cost-effective, 100% flash solution that uses less power, requires less cooling, and is more reliable and ultra-dense.

Target Use Cases - This model is more cost-optimized and is suitable for long-term retention and bulk workloads. It is designed to replace traditional disk-based storage arrays, providing better economics and higher reliability than disk while being more power-efficient.

Scalability -  While also scalable, it focuses on providing a cost-effective solution for large-scale, less performance-intensive workloads. It uses the same QLC-based Direct Flash Modules (DFMs) as FlashBlade//S but with lower performance blades. 

To Sum It Up - FlashBlade//E is designed to be a cost-effective, power-efficient solution for bulk and long-term storage needs. 

Pure Storage in the ATC

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The Pure Storage FlashBlade family is an elastic scale out file and object, all flash storage solution that gives customers an advanced data-hub approach to managing their data. WWT has partnered with Pure Storage to provide this lab giving access to the Purity//FB operating environment on FlashBlade//S and FlashBlade//E Hardware in the Advanced Technology Center. This lab showcases Pure's RapidFile Toolkit that supercharges common Linux operating system commands running against NFS File Shares on the FlashBlade.
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