Pure Storage brings managed storage option to Equinix Metal edge cloud service
Storage-as-a-Service pioneer Pure Storage and Equinix have announced Pure Storage on Equinix Metal, a Bare Metal as a Service storage offering that delivers a unified, connected platform for any stage of an organization’s cloud journey.
Enterprises are increasingly moving out of their own data centers to reduce management complexity and staff burden, and to increase the agility and efficiency of their IT environments. 57% of enterprises today have a strategic vision for hybrid IT with less of their data processed in their own data centers or the cloud. Regardless of where their data lives, enterprises still need control over their environment and the flexibility to react to business changes without having to manage everything on their own.
Pure Storage on Equinix Metal provides an environment in which physical, dedicated, single tenant servers and high-performance storage can be provisioned to customers with cloud-like ease and speed. The solution can eliminate upfront CAPEX investment for hardware and ongoing stack management by embedding storage and simple, on-demand procurement of network, storage and compute, with hosting, deployment, and support of all physical aspects via one vendor, under one contract. The solution can also lower operational costs and risks, and allows for more flexible, scalable, as a service delivery of IT infrastructure, empowering organizations to only pay for what they use, when they want to use it.
“Enterprises want full control over their environment, but they don’t want to operate their own data centers or be forced to fit into traditional cloud models – they want a cloud model that fits their business,” says Jack Hogan, VP of Technology Strategy, Pure Storage. “By partnering with Equinix, we are eliminating management complexity and delivering the flexibility and controls that put organizations in charge of what their technology platforms can do for them.”
Equinix Metal is an automated, interconnected and secure bare metal service that applies a developer and API-first mindset to foundational infrastructure and provides a fully automated way for digital businesses to access the value of Platform Equinix via its leading collection of DevOps and open-source integrations. The new managed appliance as a service capability on Equinix Metal, which Equinix introduced today as part of a series of Equinix Metal product enhancements, is designed to support a range of solutions including Pure Storage, the first storage as a service offering announced on Equinix Metal.
“Digital leaders increasingly require proximity to hardware, software, clouds and networks to create advantage, and Equinix offers a unique range of places, partners and possibilities to enable them,” notes Zac Smith, Managing Director, Equinix Metal.” Our customers have been asking for a solution that combines interconnected bare metal with Pure’s world-class storage and the flexibility of an as a Service model. Today we are excited to announce Pure as our first Storage as a Service partner on Equinix Metal, available across our 18 global metros.”
Pure Storage on Equinix Metal allows businesses to consume interconnected infrastructure with the control of physical hardware and the low overhead and developer experience of the cloud, helping them move faster in today’s competitive environment. The new service supports a full range of use cases, including legacy on-premises applications, high-volume data-driven applications, and cloud-native and next-generation applications. Solutions enabled include: hybrid cloud and Data Recovery as a Service for virtual environments; high-performance, near-edge cloud storage, and; hybrid and edge cloud native container storage.
Pure Storage on Equinix Metal is available in 18 global Equinix Metal metros.
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