Rakon Keeps Factory Lines Running with Pure

Manufacturer gains huge capacity and performance wins by switching to reliable FlashStack® infrastructure.

Summary

Rakon, a leading global manufacturer of frequency control solutions, chose FlashStack from Pure Storage® and Cisco Systems to bring high performance, capacity, and integration capabilities to its IT infrastructure. Employees now have faster and more reliable access to critical data and systems, improving productivity across the board.

Industry

Manufacturing

GEO

Use Cases

Accelerate Core Application

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Challenges

Rakon relies on data to develop and manufacture its innovative technologies, but the IT environment was struggling to keep up with growing data demands. The IT team faced monthly server crashes and full disk capacity, affecting speed, performance, and reliability.

Results

Business Transformation

Productivity increased with high-speed, reliable access to core applications
9X faster SQL database performance for test data
5X faster performance for ERP and business apps

IT Transformation

4:1 compression and deduplication frees-up storage capacity
Zero downtime gives infrastructure team peace of mind
IT saves time with a single console for FlashStack, VMware, and Veeam

“Pure Storage shone above everyone, built from the ground up to use flash. It has all the latest technologies, whereas everyone else is playing catch up.”

IS Infrastructure Manager

Ben Parry