How to Reduce Costs for All Workloads

As cloud storage costs continue to rise, IT leaders increasingly struggle to control hidden IT costs and prioritize innovation while controlling risk. 

The idea of cost optimization isn’t just about efficiency and economies of scale, it’s about enabling your organization’s talent to perform at the peak of their ability to drive your business safely into the future. 

Let’s look at the main areas your organization should be focusing on to reduce costs without compromising on cyber resiliency. 

1. Staffing 

Potential savings abound in areas like staffing: If systems are easier to install, run, and upgrade, then more expensive, specialized talent isn’t required. And IT staff can be shifted to more value-add projects, without the need for additional staff costs. 

2. Systems 

Likewise, energy and space costs can be greatly reduced with more efficient systems that use less power and data center space, especially in data storage. Spiraling public cloud costs have many IT leaders reconsidering earlier “cloud-first” mandates in favor of a rationalized, hybrid cloud approach. And the ultimate hidden cost—system downtime—is something every seasoned IT professional tries to minimize.

3. Secondary Data Storage

Nowhere is the potential for IT savings greater than in secondary data storage, where aging, complex hard disk drive (HDD)-based systems struggle to meet contemporary requirements and weigh organizations down with hidden costs. As data volumes surge, traditional repository storage systems relying on outdated mechanical HDDs not only introduce unacceptable latency into operations but also heighten the risk of costly, unplanned downtime. Concerns over system reliability, guarding against system failure, and the cost of maintaining complex, outdated systems significantly raise the total cost of ownership (TCO) of legacy HDD systems, despite their seemingly lower acquisition costs.

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Pure Storage: A Unified Platform Designed for Cost Optimization

Pure Storage offers an innovative, proven solution that meets the IT cost optimization challenge: a unified all-flash storage platform at acquisition prices comparable to those of traditional HDD—but with significantly lower TCO. 

Let’s explore how Pure Storage delivers all-flash performance without compromise, even for secondary storage use cases.

Recognized as A Leader for 10 consecutive years in the Gartner^® Magic Quadrant™, Pure Storage has transformed the storage landscape with our cutting-edge technology and innovative design. One of our transformations has been simplifying storage operations with a common management interface across our entire portfolio, including our cost-optimized Pure//E^TM Family, which is perfect for secondary storage needs. Pure Storage ensures seamless integration and simplified data management on premises and in the cloud for your primary and secondary storage needs.

Why Choose Pure Storage?

• Cost optimization: Pure Storage delivers superior performance while remaining cost-effective, even compared to HDD-based systems. Pure Storage provides storage solutions that fit within your budget without compromising quality, ensuring you maximize the value of your investment.
  
• Simplicity: Renowned for our ease of use, Pure Storage products boast common intuitive interfaces and streamlined operations across our entire portfolio. By reducing complexity and simplifying storage management, including for AI workloads, Pure Storage helps IT teams work more efficiently, saving time and resources.
  
• Reduced energy expense: Legacy storage systems tend to be inefficient and extremely power-hungry. In fact, we’re seeing some HDD-based data centers actually running out of available kilowatt-hours (kWh) needed to run their latest AI workload. Pure Storage reduces data center energy costs and consumption at levels HDD-based systems cannot. We lower your requirements for power, cooling, and data center space, so you consume up to 80% less power in one-fifth the physical footprint.

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• Financial flexibility: Engineered to scale with your business and delivered via as-a-service subscriptions, Pure Storage solutions adapt to evolving storage needs, ensuring seamless, cost-optimized, and on-demand capacity that keeps up with your business requirements while optimizing your IT spend. By doing so, Pure Storage supports your own innovation and future growth.
  
• Future-proofed storage: Imagine storage that never goes obsolete and doesn’t need to be repurchased. The Pure Storage^® Evergreen^® model ensures that your storage infrastructure remains modern and up to date for 10+ years, without the need for forklift upgrades. With Evergreen, you can seamlessly upgrade your storage systems with the latest technology and innovations, keeping your infrastructure at peak performance while avoiding costly rebuys and disruptions.

Elevate Your Storage Experience with Pure Storage

The Pure Storage platform combines hardware and software solutions to fully optimize your costs, simplify operations, reduce risk, and foster innovation. 

Pure Storage empowers businesses to achieve high-performance storage affordably. With unmatched performance, cost efficiency, scalability, and simplicity, Pure Storage ensures organizations can meet their storage needs without compromise. It’s time to unlock the benefits of all-flash storage at spinning disk prices. 

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