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Major Research University

Major Research University Accelerates Discovery

To support its research endeavors, a major research university turned to Pure Storage to accelerate research reporting, keep pace with technology change, and simplify management.

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Summary

Recognized around the world as a leading research university, this organization combines a prestigious faculty, up-and-coming researchers, and state-of-the-art technology. To keep pace with technology change without disrupting research, the university turned to Pure Storage® for accelerated reporting, non-disruptive upgrades, and simplified data management that contributes to space and power savings.

Industry

Education

GEO

North America

Use Cases

Accelerate core applications

Challenges

To support its research mission, the university invested in technologies like data warehousing, analytics, business intelligence, and massive databases. These technologies placed heavy demands on the underlying infrastructure, leading the university to investigate innovations that could accelerate core applications and simplify administration. Researchers prioritized faster reporting, reliable job completion, and zero downtime for technology upgrades.

Results

Business Transformation

Accelerated research reporting and database performance by as much as 90%
Kept research in motion with non-disruptive upgrades
Increased sustainability with lower space, power consumption

IT Transformation

Reduced storage footprint with better compression/deduplication
Increased IOPS for faster processes and more reliable job completions
Saved full-time equivalent through simplified management and non-disruptive upgrades

“We were getting incredible throughput and speed with Pure Storage. We were pulling out all the benchmarks and comparing speeds on different workloads and we were just blown away by the performance that we were getting.”

IT Director, Major Research University

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