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If you’ve ever had to scope out and purchase enterprise storage, you’ll know what a nightmare it can be. Vendors love to make the process as opaque as possible, with quotes that run into multiple pages and dozens of line items – including bezels and racks. Consider also the issue of adding more hardware (e.g. drives and …

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  1. Dabber2600
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    PureStorage Software Included

    A Pure Storage quote has only three line items on it. FlashArray, Maintenance, and Install. All software is included and installed on the FlashArray.

    Not sure I understand the benefits outlined by here.

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    1. RollTide14
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      Re: PureStorage Software Included

      Lets say you get 10:1 data reduction on your Pure array instead of the 5:1 you were expecting (yay, great news!). Now your company decides to open up a second data center....what do you do?

      You have to go out and buy a new Pure Array....all of it. FlashArray - which is probably the most expensive because you are paying for the HW/SW, Maintenance and Install.

      Under this new licensing structure, if i got 10:1 instead of 5:1 with Solidfire all I am paying for is the HW which is Dell passthrough + 10%

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      1. Anonymous Coward
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        Re: PureStorage Software Included

        10:1 on SolidFire? 5:1 on SolidFire? Wishful thinking!

        It appears most have not experienced Data reductions with this platform before

        2:1 at best without Thin Provisioning.

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        1. RollTide14
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          Re: PureStorage Software Included

          Thats why they are called "examples".

          I can do the same thing...10:1 with Pure??? Wishful Thinking!!

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          1. Anonymous Coward
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            Re: PureStorage Software Included

            I'm stating personal experiences not examples. Examples obfuscate true costs. Personal experiences don't

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      2. Dabber2600
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        Re: PureStorage Software Included

        Thanks for the explanation. Seems like a pretty rare use case in the Enterprise space.

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