Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., based in Chico, California, is one of America’s first craft breweries. The company has set the standard for artisan brewers worldwide, and is the winner of numerous awards for its wide variety of beers. Sierra Nevada’s information services team decided that flash-based memory would solve its performance and latency problems. Cost and energy savings were key reasons for selecting Pure Storage over other flash array providers.
Sierra Nevada is Brewing Up Business Transformation with Pure Storage
Craft brewer dramatically reduces latency and shrinks data footprint.
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Along with growth in facilities and servers, Sierra Nevada had seen its data grow 30% annually, increasing the challenges of keeping data available and accessible. In addition, Sierra Nevada began using VDI, SQL Server-based applications, additional VMs and a growing Microsoft Exchange farm, which put pressure on their existing traditional mechanical disk array.
- Slow performance hinders business growth.
- Major storage overhaul for every upgrade.
“From a heating and cooling perspective, we're probably using about one-tenth of the power for Pure Storage FlashArray, compared to what we needed to run our spinning disks. Not only is that good for our bottom line, it helps us meet our sustainability goals and reduce our carbon footprint.”
Justin Ainsworth, Information Systems Manager
Sierra Nevada
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