Pure Storage FlashBlade Reviews & Insights

Score9.9 out of 10

62 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Pure Storage FlashBlade are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Many users have praised NVMe Flash Storage for its fast and high-performance storage capabilities, with no storage latency troubleshooting. Some reviewers were particularly impressed with the massive throughput and the ability to handle larger volumes without sacrificing low latency and high throughput. The interface of NVMe Flash Storage has been described as simple and easy to navigate by several users. They appreciated the seamless integration with important tools like AWS and support for Kubernetes, making it easy to manage and administer the system. Several reviewers have commended the reliability of NVMe Flash Storage, noting good data security measures in place. They also mentioned the ability to easily scale out. Users highlighted that this solution reduces data center footprint compared to previous storage solutions, emphasizing its energy efficiency. Overall, reviewers have consistently highlighted the fast and high-performance storage capabilities of NVMe Flash Storage, along with its simple interface and ease of navigation. The reliability, scalability, and energy efficiency of the product were also commended.

Additionally, users appreciated features such as quick upgrades with no downtime, NFS target functionality for fast connectivity, efficient installation process, good support from the team, efficient data recovery with minimal latency, S3 object support with NAS/file options, and the overall scalability and simplicity of managing the system.

Pure Storage FlashBlade Reviews

29 Reviews

FlashBlade offers a costly but highly reliable and effective recovery solution

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

November 10, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We introduced Pure Storage FlashBlade as a part of our company's disaster recovery plan which needed a solution that could efficiently and securely backup and restore any data. We chose this solution partially because of its ability to backup and then restore lost data with minimal corruption or loss of data. In comparison to a few other solutions we tested, Pure Storage FlashBlade came out on top. So far we haven't had any major issues with Pure Storage FlashBlade and the solutions has been suitable for a majority of our data storage needs. The interface is easy to use and the solution operates at an exceptional speed which minimises the amount of time we spend on storing and securing data, so that we have more time to analyse it.

Pros

High quality performance and speed.
Efficient data recovery.
Great UI and easy to use.
Minimal latency.

Cons

Can be costly.
Scalability options are limited.
Integration with external environments is difficult.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you are looking for a rapid storage solution for your application then Pure Storage Flashblade is more than suitable option for large organisations. Generally we have found that its performance is robust, stable and secure and has been easily managed by a small team within our organisation. The solution also offers a search engine functionality which makes it very easy to locate data and update or recover it as and when you need - a much faster solution than other options we have tried. I believe this solution is less suitable for smaller to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) due to the relatively high cost implication that this will have.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Attention-catching storage solution

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 8, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

FlashBlade is being used by me and my department most of the time, whenever we got a need to. In many cases, whenever we have to solve a problem related to data optimization, and whenever we have to handle data more precisely or we have to make the data flow smooth and fast.

Pros

High processing power.
There is no risk of interruption while data handling.
Amazing speed.
Scalable.

Cons

Pure Storage FlashBlade needs to work on their documentation.
It's an expensive solution to use.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's an expensive solution to pursue, but it's a great long-term investment. Pure Storage FlashBlade is recommended by me for bigger companies and whenever you've to deal with large data storage and management. In the case of smaller companies and data storage, you can go with some other cheaper solutions. If you need centralized data backup and your data is interrupted and not secure, then Pure Storage FlashBlade is the best solution for you.

Tanay Arora

Engineer Intern in Information Technology at GREAT FUTURE TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Performance is the Name of the Game

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

September 5, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

At our organization, we used Pure Storage FlashBlade to store data that had to be accessed with as little latency as possible. It was used by the Hyper-Automation team solely and was used as the storage for artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation purposes. It allowed integration with our existing Amazon Web Services solutions.

Pros

NVMe Flash Storage allows super fast reads and writes.
More energy-efficient and "green" compared to other solutions involving moving parts.
Easy integration with AWS and other important tools.

Cons

The demo environment/product only has a small window to use.
Savings over AWS can be minimalised by the necessary learning curve.
Cost of the product of a whole.

Likelihood to Recommend

If data storage, access, and security [are] of the highest priority to your business then Pure Storage FlashBlade is an excellent tool that must be considered. Analytics or sharing that requires the fastest speeds available will benefit from the NVMe solid-state drives they use which are far superior to spinning rust. It is less ideal for those who do not require such time-critical work.

Alexander Cooper

RPA Developer in Corporate at Randstad UK (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Pure Storage FlashBlade Review

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

September 5, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are an IT company. We using Pure Storage FlashBlade to store our data securely and it is great for data management. Having a user-friendly interface: A simple file management and sharing system makes it easy to use across an organization. Our IT team also uses it for database backup. It is very fast in transferring data and secures storage.

Pros

Easy-to-scale archives.
Data protection.
High performance.
Easy to manage.

Cons

Pricing model.
Add more documentation.

Likelihood to Recommend

Pure Storage FlashBlade is best for companies that want their data stored and secure. The big storage capacity and cloud integration secure our data and ensure no third-party access without authorization. It provides us a secure data storage services for our objects. Fast and easy to install and easy to use.

Chirag Deol

Chief Marketing Officer in Information Technology at Boxinall (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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Pure Best Storage FlashBlade

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

August 26, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pure Storage Flash Blade was used by my client to hold site wide backups for high value targets. It was used to replace tape storage. Overall, this was a fantastic choice. Tapes were slow and unwieldy. The UI is a little funky, and if you are coming from an environment where NetApp, or another vendor's units were in place, you'll miss some features that FlashBlade doesn't provide at this time. It [is] also serving the business by enabling the running of critical workloads that demand high IOPs throughput and are latency sensitive. The solution also easily scales to meet business demands.

Pros

High performance.
Easy to manage.
Quick restores.
Quickly backup.
Replication.
Kubernetes support.
Good support.
Easy to use interface.

Cons

Pricing.
Performance.
No data replication.
Please increase analytics and reporting information.

Likelihood to Recommend

Pure Storage Flash Blade is a great all purpose storage usage solution for our company data center and over time a big win over Amazon Web Service S3 in terms of both price as well as performance. Because of price many companies that are looking to have an on premises data lake will need to look at other HDD based systems for a tier 2 data lake that does not require the performance of Pure.

Also, we are currently using Pure Storage FlashBlade to provide high-speed storage for our container environments.
I'd like to expand its use more widely, but with no option to tier out to less performance storage for cold data, we have not been able to expand the footprint of it.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

My experience using Pure Storage FlashBlade

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

August 25, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our team is using Pure Storage FlashBlade as a backup repository for the applications and critical deployments. We are successfully able to establish a secure content delivery network for the end-users and internal teams. It has helped us to improve the overall stability of the system.

Pros

High performance and 24/7 availability.
Reliable storage system with good data security in place.
Seamless integration and connectivity.

Cons

Costly.
The technology needs maturity when compared to other competitors like Hitachi NAS.
Scalability options need more flexibility and more robust functionality to quickly adapt to the system needs.
Integration with public cloud environments need improvement.

Likelihood to Recommend

Pure Storage FlashBlade is well suited for medium to large enterprises that need a fast storage solution for their applications. It does not compromise on performance, reliability, security, and most importantly security. It has been used by our team for a couple of years now and we have not faced any issue so far.

Shivani Pandey

Project Engineer in Information Technology at Wipro Limited (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Great for High speed mongers.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

August 24, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pure Storage FlashBlade is a good product for organizations who are looking for high-speed storage solutions. Its capabilities of high-speed reading and writing are at par with any industry competition and exceed them in few cases. Pure Storage FlashBlade helped our organization in storing and retrieving our data with good performance.

Pros

Easy scalability by quickly adding new flash cards into Pure Storage FlashBlade.
High speed reading and writing.
Good support team to back up this good product.

Cons

Storing data in the back end on public cloud can be changed.
Data replication can be avoided on remote sites.
An efficient de-duplication algorithm would be great.

Likelihood to Recommend

Pure Storage FlashBlade is particularly well-suited for organizations whose use cases demand high-speed data storage solutions since Pure Storage FlashBlade handles such operations with ease. With its very efficient algorithms, Pure Storage FlashBlade can make scalability just by simply adding new flashcards to the rack and the rest is taken care of by their algorithms. It may not be suitable for a few due to its high initial owning costs.

Verified User

Consultant in Research & Development (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Pure Storage FlashBlade

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 10, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It serves the business by enabling the running of critical workloads that demand high IOPs throughput and are latency sensitive. The solution also easily scales to meet business demands.

Pros

High performance - IOPs throughout
Low latency
Scale-out easily
S3 object support
Easy to manage
NAS/ File support

Cons

I would like to see the product priced more competitively
No replication
More improvement in reporting and performance analytics
Improvements for windows SMB and lock clearing

Likelihood to Recommend

It is really excels for NAS workloads that demand high throughput and are latency.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Pure FlashBlade offers speed that is unmatched

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 5, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The FlashBlade is being used to protect our Veeam backups. The Systems Engineering team are the only ones that use it, but because it is used as part of our backup infrastructure it supports the entire company. The FlashBlade is a repository to store all production backups. We've enabled Safemode on the FlashBlade to protect production backups from ransomware.

Pros

Speed of read and write
Familiar interface to that of Pure Storage FlashArray
Ability to scale out

Cons

Initial configuration is complex/confusing
Capacity

Likelihood to Recommend

Since implementing FlashBlade into our backup infrastructure, the speed at which the backups complete on a nightly basis has increased tremendously. On the reverse, the time it takes to restore from the FlashBlade is very minimal. Couple the FlashBlade with a FlashArray and the backup and restores are insanely fast. The FlashBlade works well in our scenario as a backup target/ It would not work so well as a standard SAN scenario. While it would be fast, the cost does not make it feasible.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

My Pure Storage FlashBlade Review

Rating: 9 out of 10

October 5, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The initial use case for our 1st FlashArray was for high performance VM storage. We were rolling our our initial Kubernetes cluster and needed a good storage solution. The Pure Storage Orchestrator plugged right into our initial deployment and worked so well we used it for all the storage for our new 150+ node Kubernetes deployment at our new datacenter with almost all our production systems utilizing it.

Pros

Kubernetes support
Replication
Great support

Cons

Price
BYO keys to S3 storage

Likelihood to Recommend

Pure Storage FlashBlade is a great all-purpose storage solution for our datacenter and over time a big win over AWS S3 in both price and performance. Due to the price, many companies looking to have an on-prem data lake will need to look at other HDD bases systems for a tier2 data lake that doesn't require the performance of Pure.

Edward Hammond

Principal Solutions Architect in Engineering at CogoLabs (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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