Simplify Your Storage Ownership, Forever
Simplify Your Storage Ownership, Forever
Evergreen//Forever™ is a traditional storage offering with a subscription to continuous software and hardware upgrades, for an always improving storage experience. Delivered non-disruptively and with data in place, Pure Storage® Evergreen® architecture means you can buy storage once and keep it modern, virtually forever.
Take the guesswork out of your data storage, forever.
Evergreen//Forever simplifies infrastructure modernization by giving you the ability to scale on your terms while eliminating planned downtime and forklift upgrades, forever.
Compliment your data center consolidation strategy with the latest Pure Storage technology that reduces your organization’s carbon footprint and an Evergreen//Forever subscription that lowers your total cost of ownership.
Supercharge your efforts in the analytics space by taking advantage of an Evergreen//Forever subscription to innovation—keeping your storage stack on the cutting edge.
As data volumes associated with mission-critical applications grow daily, Evergreen//Forever delivers upgrades on a regular cadence and when needed without disruption, to drive your business forward.
Modern data protection is more crucial than ever. Evergreen//Forever has you covered with access to new security features as they become available to meet your most stringent business continuity needs.
Shift from managing infrastructure to creating value with the best-in-class technology for your VMware-based cloud. With Evergreen//Forever, you can keep innovating, maintaining 99.9999% availability, even through upgrades.
Feature |
Pure Storage |
Dell EMC |
NetApp |
HPE |
All-inclusive software subscription |
All array features now and in the future |
Limited features |
Limited features |
Limited features |
Non-disruptive HW and SW upgrades across generations |
Truly non-disruptive, data-in-place, modular upgrades |
Vendor history of "forklift" upgrades |
Disruptive upgrades if more than 50% controller utilization |
Limited NDU (not across generations, Nimble only) |
Included controller upgrades to latest generation |
Ever Modern included controller upgrades** |
One-time controller upgrade to next-gen only *** |
None |
One-time, limited controller credit |
No-limit on-demand controller/blade upgrades (Latest generation and higher model) |
Ever Agile (anytime 100% trade-in credit)** |
One-time controller upgrade to next-gen or next-model only *** |
None |
None |
Anytime media |
Capacity consolidation** |
No media trade-in |
None |
One-time media upgrade (Primera only) |
Guaranteed effective capacity (Not just an efficiency ratio) |
Right Size Guarantee™* |
No capacity guarantee |
No capacity guarantee |
No capacity guarantee |
Proven record of delivering on upgrade/trade in promises |
10,000+ controller upgrades, without disruption or re-buy |
New offering, unproven |
Controller upgrade program removed from Keystone |
New offering, unproven (Primera) |
* Right Size Guarantee available at no extra charge on FlashArray//XL
** Ever Agile and Capacity Consolidation require purchase of qualifying capacity
*** Requires purchase of premium support package and service add-on options, all at extra cost (per Dell EMC PowerStore Data Sheet)
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Evergreen Storage was rebranded to Evergreen//Forever.
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Evergreen//Forever Resources
A forklift upgrade is a complete overhaul of the IT infrastructure. Old and outdated storage systems are ripped out and replaced with newly purchased technology. The process is complex, wasteful, and time-consuming. Forklift upgrades are driven by architectural incompatibilities between storage generations or limitations in scale-out architectures that can’t add new nodes to existing arrays or clusters.
A non-disruptive upgrade is a software upgrade, hardware expansion, and/or component (like a controller, blade, or chassis) replacement that doesn’t impact data availability or performance. In an ideal scenario, it means no downtime, no data migrations, and no degradations in performance.
Evergreen subscriptions are a portfolio that offers unequaled choice and flexibility in how you purchase and consume storage. An Evergreen subscription empowers your organization to evolve at your own pace and stay focused on what matters: successful business outcomes.
Evergreen//Forever™ offers a traditional storage purchasing option to own and retain your hardware with a subscription to continuous software and hardware upgrades. Buy your storage once and run it virtually forever.
Evergreen//One™ delivers a single storage service for your data providing the economics of public cloud with the reliability of on-premises. Subscribe to the capacity, performance, and service level you need on your terms.
Evergreen//Flex™ provides the freedom to own your storage and the flexibility of consumption economics, based on asset utilization. Optimize storage operations across your fleet while lowering upfront costs.
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