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Uncomplicated All-flash File and Object Storage

Consolidated scale-out platform with an innovative architecture that delivers efficiency, simplicity, and performance.

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 FlashBlade//S™
Performance-Optimised
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The Unified Fast File and Object Platform
For the highest performance file and object workloads, delivering cutting-edge capabilities without complexity

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  • Data protection and rapid restore
  • Enterprise imaging AI and analytics
  • Streaming and data warehousing analytics
  • Log analytics
  • High-performance computing
  • AI/ML: High performance training and inference data
  • EDA active design projects
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FlashBlade//E™
Economical at Scale
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The All-flash Unstructured Data Repository
Manage file and object workloads efficiently, simply, and sustainably with better economics than disk.

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  • Data protection and long term retention
  • Enterprise imaging: Long-term archive
  • Capacity data warehousing
  • AI/ML: Repository training, archive, and raw data
  • EDA archive repository for design data and libraries
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Exponential Unstructured Data Growth Demands the Power of All-flash

Break down unstructured workload storage silos with all-flash performance, sustainable storage, extreme scale, and operational simplicity.

Hardware and Software Co-innovation

Reimagine your storage with an all-flash architecture that tackles even the most advanced workloads efficiently and sustainably.
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Seamless and Effortless Management

Unstructured data growth is complicated enough. Pure Storage® unstructured data platforms are truly easy to deploy, manage, and upgrade.
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Storage That Gets Better Over Time

Unstructured data requirements are dynamic—your storage platform should be, too.
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Three Times A Leader

Pure Storage is named A Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed File Services and Object Storage.

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Learn from Pure Experts

Discover how FlashBlade® has become the simple solution to today’s massive unstructured data storage, growth, and management challenges.

John “Coz” Colgrove, Amy Fowler, and Scott Sinclair
Watch: Making the All-flash Data Centre a Reality.
44 min.
Somu Rajarathinam, Jan Aufdenkam, and Merritte Stidston
Watch: Modern Analytics on Cloud-native Architecture with Fast S3 Storage
2 min.
Sean Kennedy and Andrew Miller
Watch: Beyond the Protocols: Pure’s File and Object Vision
44 min.
Chris Sprague and Mark Polin
Watch: Increase Recovery Speeds and Cyber Resiliency with Pure and Veeam v12
2 min.
Miraslov Kilvansky
Principal Technologist, Pure Storage
Watch: Whiskey Business: Analytics and AI
44 min.
Andrew Miller and Brian Gold
Watch: Tired of Energy Savings and Efficiency “Gas”-lighting? Better Science Is the Answer.
2 min.
Bikash Roy Choudhury and Jason Fenwick
Watch: Accelerate Genomic Sequencing with NVIDIA Clara Parabricks and FlashBlade//S.
2 min.

Unstructured Data Storage Resources

Featured Data Sheet
FlashBlade//S Data Sheet
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FlashBlade//E Data Sheet
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Featured Blog Post
The Dawn of a New Era for Unstructured Data Storage
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Featured Podcast
Uncomplicate Unstructured Data
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Featured Analyst Report
2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™
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Featured Ebook
Top Five Reasons to Consider an All-flash Unstructured Data Repository
8 pages
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Getting Smart About Storage Infographic
1 page
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“Backup isn't enough. You need to have a solid recovery option. Combining data protection solutions together with flash storage from Pure Storage has really been a game-changer.”

Sean Halihan
Senior Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations, Afni
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“Pure Storage FlashBlade is, by far, the best and most innovative storage solution that provides the speed and scalability our customers need.”

Giovanni Coppa
Head of Data Centre and Cloud Innovation, WOBCOM
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What is unstructured data?

Unstructured data is usually qualitative with no particular schema involved. The data model is very flexible. There is a huge variety of data formats available for unstructured data. It can be difficult to search and analyse due to its unstructured nature. It’s estimated that by 2025, 80% of the data we encounter will be unstructured data in the form of text, audio, image, video, and more.

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People also ask:

1. What is object storage?

Object storage is a storage format in which data is stored in discrete units called objects. Each unit has a unique identifier or key, allowing them to be found no matter where they’re stored on a distributed system.

 

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2. What is file storage?

File storage is a data storage format in which data is stored and managed as files within folders. If you’ve ever accessed files on a hard drive, your local computer, or a shared drive hosted on your company’s server, you’ve dealt with file storage. File storage systems provide readability and convenience for users

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3. What is unified fast file and object storage?

Unified fast file and object (UFFO) is a new category of storage architectured that addresses the demands of modern applications. UFFO is a storage platform that consolidates native fast file and fast object storage with an architecture that delivers simplicity, scale, and performance.

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