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Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey Embarks on Ambitious Data Journey

Britain’s national mapping service keeps its database of 500 million unique features running for clients in all sectors with Pure Storage® FlashArray™.

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Summary

Ordnance Survey requires 100% uptime to keep its clients’ mission-critical services running. With Pure Storage FlashArray, the organisation improves access to data while developing new services to keep ahead of the competition.

Industry

Technology

GEO

EMEA

Use Cases

Data Protection
Virtulization

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Challenges

Ordnance Survey data is used by many different sectors, from housing, transport, and retail to emergency response, public health, and environmental agencies. The organisation needed a robust storage environment capable of supporting growing data needs.

Results

Business Transformation

Accommodates over 1,000 edits and additions per day to the master database
Keeps data available with 100% uptime for the storage environment
Supports net-zero data centre goals by consuming less space and power

IT Transformation

Saves storage costs and reduces access time with deduplication
Deploys servers and spins up virtual machines in minutes
Reduced number of people needed for storage management

“It's amazing to think about how the Pure storage arrays look after themselves. It’s like they run on magic.”

Lloyd Clarke

Virtualisation Lead, Ordnance Survey

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