In the world of managed services, solutions are offered in Small, Medium, Large, and Custom. And yet, of all those options, everyone tends to pick Custom. Why? Because choosing a fixed option can create complexity and uncertainty.
Consumption-based models and subscriptions have faced some of the same challenges. “On premises or cloud” has given way to hybrid operational and purchasing models, even for portions of the same applications or application stack. With every technical decision, customers face questions such as:
- Should I own or consume as a service?
- Should I manage my own SLAs or use a provider?
- Should I budget for years or months?
- What does “protecting my investment” really look like?
When facing those questions, it became apparent that one size definitely does not fit all. We posed a question to our teams and engineers: How can we uncomplicate storage—and storage purchasing—for customers who need fluidity and flexibility to meet current and future business needs?
The answer: You build on Pure Storage’s investment protection with enhanced options custom-fit to the needs of today’s customers.
The Evolution of the Evergreen Promise
Over the years, Pure Storage has offered some of the best investment protection in the business through our Evergreen® technology. Evergreen provides non-disruptive upgrades and expansions so customers don’t have to worry about losing functionality over time or expensive data and hardware migrations. The availability of Evergreen subscriptions that include investment-protected upgrades is a big part of why 97% of the arrays we’ve deployed that are five years and older are still in service.
Pure1® provides the advanced artificial intelligence (AI) operations needed to get an elastic, cloud experience, even when deployed entirely on premises. When Pure as-a-ServiceTM was introduced, it provided an additional choice. Customers could get the same benefits in a pay-as-you-go model, keeping assets off of their balance sheet and uncomplicating their operational models with SLAs.
But operational models change over time. A customer might prefer ownership for full control of elements like security and consumption-based operations and payment terms. What do you do when you’re caught between two very attractive solutions to a single problem?
Offering Unequaled Choice with the Evergreen Portfolio
At Pure Storage, we understand that customers are all on different paths and have different operational models and requirements. To that end, the Evergreen subscription portfolio provides unequaled choice and flexibility in how you purchase and consume storage, all built on the proven, non-disruptive Evergreen architecture:
- Evergreen//Forever™: Evergreen//Forever offers organizations traditional appliance ownership with a subscription to software, ever-modern hardware, and a world-class customer experience. Evergreen//Forever ensures organizations are benefiting from an always-modern infrastructure subscription to support a system that gets better over time, backed by guaranteed zero data loss, no data migration, and power and space efficiency.
- Evergreen//Flex™: This fleet-level Evergreen architecture offers users an unprecedented way to run storage efficiently while saving power. This offering blends the security and control that comes from hardware ownership with the flexibility of consumption economics. Evergreen//Flex also brings the modernization of Evergreen//Forever beyond the box, enabled by an asset utilization model, as well as consumption-based capacity pricing.
Evergreen//Flex creates an operational middle ground, lowering initial costs by up to 80% while providing ownership and a subscription based on capacity usage. With fleet-level management, you can see your entire hardware and subscription footprint across your enterprise, and site-level subscriptions give you the flexibility to move capacity between arrays to better address your changing needs. This offering also comes with guarantees covering zero data loss, no data migration, and a Paid Power and Rack Space Commitment where Pure Storage will pay for qualifying customers’ energy and rack space usage.
- Evergreen//One™: Evergreen//One offers organizations a true consumption-based service model for storage, delivering flexibility, transparency, and simplicity. Proactive monitoring and non-disruptive upgrades satisfy performance and usage SLAs. With Evergreen//One, Pure Storage takes on the responsibility of delivering storage where it’s required, offering on-demand storage service with the flexibility of on-premises deployment.
These Evergreen subscriptions offer customized solutions for your operational needs, blending:
- Ownership
- Sustainability
- Flexible consumption
- Capacity mobility
- SLA and guarantee management
One size doesn’t have to fit all, but finding the right fit or solution can be simple and intuitive, architected for innovators and today’s business needs. The Evergreen portfolio is how Pure Storage is working to uncomplicate your storage, forever. Contact us today to find a custom fit for your enterprise storage.
