CASE STUDY
Mubadala Group and its clients – the team
sought a solution that could deliver easier
day-to-day management, reduced rack
space and market-leading IOPS.
MDC BMS selected Pure Storage
FlashArray//X to cover production, non-
production, Disaster Recovery and remote-
sites operations. FlashArray//X is an all-flash,
100% NVMe, shared, accelerated storage
designed for mainstream enterprise
deployments and optimised for performance
and density.
OUR INVESTMENT IN PURE STORAGE IS
ROOTED IN OUR RECOGNITION THAT WE
ALL NOW LIVE IN A DIGITAL WORLD.
something that I would never have thought
would be possible.
“Another advantage of Pure is its solutions
don’t require a lot of training. Pure Storage
technical resources was on site for the first
two days, for protocol reasons, but after
that the hardware and software were so
simple, our internal team managed the rest
of the implementation.”
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He was also struck by the ease of
deployment for Pure Storage FlashArray//X
Rao added that with Pure Storage, MDC BMS
had been able to reduce its rackspace to 6U,
stating that the TCO has also been reduced.
“Our investment in Pure Storage is rooted
in our recognition that we all now live in a
digital world. Timely, accurate information
and the confidence in the safety and
security of that information are vital
components of a successful enterprise.
Because of the dedication and innovation
of Pure – and our own team – we can make
faster, better decisions that ultimately allow
us to grow our asset base.”
It is a decision which has been lauded by
Mansoor Almarzooqi, CIO, MDC BMS. He
said: “Mubadala Group’s brand is all about
the transformation of society and the laser-
focused investments that make that happen.
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solution, stating: “With other storage
vendors, it takes a minimum of a month to
complete implementation and sometimes
up to two or three months. A further benefit of the Pure Storage solution
that became apparent to MDC BMS was
the ease with which it could be maintained.
Through the Pure1 monitoring tool, the
MDC BMS team can oversee the entire
infrastructure from a single point, receiving
rich views and alerts in real time. Upgrades
were also simplified with FlashArray//X.
“We completed this project, including patch
upgrades, the migration of close to 400
TB of data and around 280 TB of Disaster
Recovery replication, in a single week, “We normally need to really plan upgrades
and involve the vendor, and rely on them to
complete it, which is a very tense time for
us,” he recalled. “With Pure, not so.”
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