Flash Arrays Enable Increased Network Availability

Customer:

One Network provides a secure, flexible and highly reliable cloud business network platform in which all parties in a supply chain can see the status of their orders. The Dallas-based service provider facilitates orders involving one-third of all grocery items in the United States. It handles the bulk of car parts for domestic automakers, all ammunition for the Marine Corps, and many other items in a broad range of industries. On average One Network handles around 1.3 million transactions a day. By installing Pure Storage, One Network has benefited from increased network availability, a sharp reduction in system and database maintenance, greater productivity in its software-development process, and the ability to offer customers more tools for business analytics.

Challenges:

• Aging SANs were running out of capacity, resulting in lagging performance.
• Replicating databases was cumbersome and time-consuming.
• High latencies prevented multiple workloads from running concurrently.

Use Case:

• Database – Oracle®
• VSI – VMware® vSphere®

Business Transformation:

• The cloud company’s number-one priority — network availability — has been strengthened even further. Customers can perform customized business analysis on the new data platform.

IT Transformation:

• Higher-performing storage shortens the time needed for routine system maintenance, and accelerates the application development process.
• Multiple workloads can be run concurrently, increasing productivity and enhancing business insights.
• Customers gain access to new resources for performing value- creating analysis.