Pure Storage FlashArray

An all-flash array (AFA) is a storage infrastructure that contains only flash memory drives instead of spinning-disk drives. AFAs offer speed, performance, and agility for business applications. Unlike traditional HDD-based storage, AFAs leverage NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) to maximize data transfer speeds and latencies, making them significantly faster and more durable due to the lack of moving parts.

All-flash arrays are typically used for Tier 0 and Tier 1 applications, which require high performance and low latency. Tier 0 covers block storage solutions for financial transactions and e-commerce apps, while Tier 1 covers business processing, data analysis, and data mining. With advancements in cost efficiency, AFAs are also being used for Tier 2 applications like email, file storage, and backups.

Everpure's all-flash arrays are purpose-built to take advantage of flash memory, offering superior speed, performance, and reliability compared to hybrid or HDD arrays. They eliminate the constraints of retrofit flash-based alternatives and the complexity of traditional storage portfolios, providing better ROI and simplicity.

Everpure offers a self-service environment called 'Test Drive FlashArray' where you can experience the management of a Pure FlashArray. This allows you to explore advanced features such as snapshots, replication, ActiveCluster™, and VMware integration.

Everpure provides various support resources, including demos, events, webinars, product announcements, and a knowledge base with articles. Additionally, you can contact sales, chat with sales, or call sales for direct assistance. There is also a customer community and a blog with insights and updates.

Everpure emphasizes cyber and operational resilience, offering solutions that help businesses prepare for disruptions, recover critical services faster, and demonstrate control with confidence. Their all-flash arrays are designed with durability in mind, leveraging stateless architecture and flexible metadata to ensure reliability and simplicity.

Everpure's all-flash arrays support integrations with VMware, KubeVirt, and Portworx, among others. For example, you can migrate workloads from VMware to a unified KubeVirt and Portworx platform on Everpure FlashArray without losing enterprise-grade performance or reliability.

Everpure's FlashArray//C is designed to compete at cost with hybrid storage arrays targeting Tier 2 storage applications. Thanks to advancements in flash memory technology and Moore's Law, the cost efficiency of all-flash arrays is improving, making them a viable option for higher storage tiers.