Chapman University Powers Academic Research

University supports smoother student services and innovative machine learning projects with Pure Storage.

Summary

Chapman University runs a very demanding IT environment that supports both student services and innovative academic research projects. With Pure Storage, the university unlocks automation and nondisruptive upgrades with Evergreen//Forever to streamline management and reduce downtime. FlashArray provides the performance and capacity needed to run machine learning models on enormous research data sets.

Industry

Education

GEO

North America

Use Cases

Accelerate Core Applications
Activate Real-time Analytics
Modernize Data Protection

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Challenges

Before choosing Pure Storage, the University struggled with a legacy storage system where routine management consumed dozens of hours a week. The disk storage took up a large space and consumed huge amounts of power. The team also spent a great deal of time and effort cloning databases for development and testing.

Results

Business Transformation

Fast-tracks groundbreaking academic research impacting millions of lives
Provides students with faster access to critical services and applications
Boosts efficiency by slashing storage admin and equipment needs

IT Transformation

Maximizes storage speed and performance to support advanced research
Reduces time spent on data replication tasks from 12 hours to 10 minutes
Deliver sub-millisecond latencies for core applications

“Pure is the most advanced infrastructure solution we have. Its world class technology allows us to punch above our weight across the board, from our first-rate student services to the world-class research coming out of our labs.”

Senior Systems Administrator, Chapman University

James Kelly