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Everpure (formerly Pure Storage)

All-Flash Storage, Reimagined

Founded 2009Mountain View, CA6,000+ employeesPSTG

Everpure (formerly Pure Storage) delivers all-flash storage through the FlashArray (block), FlashBlade (file/object), and Pure Cloud Block Store (cloud-native) product families. The company rebranded from Pure Storage to Everpure in early 2026, reflecting its shift to an Evergreen-as-a-service consumption model. Pure1 AI provides predictive analytics and autonomous management.

Analyst Findings

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Pure Evergreen model eliminates forklift hardware replacements

Confirmed. In a review of 6 Pure Storage customer environments over 5 years, none performed a traditional forklift replacement. Controllers were upgraded non-disruptively with the array online. This is a genuine architectural differentiator and should be weighted heavily in TCO analysis over 5+ year horizons.

Marcus Williams
Reviewed 2026-01-12
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SafeMode snapshots provide true ransomware protection

Confirmed. SafeMode requires a Pure Storage support call to delete protected snapshots — a genuine out-of-band control t...

Caveat

Pure Storage deduplication ratios make the effective cost competitive with cheaper vendors

Deduplication ratios vary dramatically by workload. Pure typically claims 5:1 or better data reduction. In practice, ana...

Caveat

Portworx is a mature cloud-native storage platform for Kubernetes

Portworx is capable but operates largely independently from the FlashArray product line. Organizations expecting seamles...

Feature Specifications

GAGenerally AvailableBetaPublic BetaRoadmapOn Roadmap

Storage Protocol

NVMe-oF (NVMe over Fabrics)
GA
iSCSI
GA
Fibre Channel
GA
NFS / SMB (FlashBlade)
GA
S3-compatible Object (FlashBlade)
GA

Performance

100% NVMe Flash (no HDD)
GA
Always-on Deduplication & Compression

Inline, no performance penalty

GA
QoS (Quality of Service)
GA
ActiveCluster (synchronous replication, zero RPO)
GA
ActiveDR (async replication)
GA

Management

Pure1 AI (predictive analytics)

Autonomous AIOps across entire fleet

GA
Evergreen//One (STaaS subscription)

Storage-as-a-Service, hardware refreshes included

GA
Non-disruptive Controller Upgrades

No downtime for hardware or software upgrades

GA
REST API (Purity REST)
GA
Terraform / Ansible Provider
GA

Cloud

Pure Cloud Block Store (AWS/Azure)

FlashArray in the cloud

GA
Portworx (Kubernetes storage)

Acquired 2020 — cloud-native storage for containers

GA
Pure Fusion (storage-as-code)

Software-defined management layer

GA

Security

SafeMode Snapshots (immutable)

Vendor-assisted deletion only — ransomware protection

GA
Data-at-rest Encryption

FIPS 140-2 validated

GA
Rapid Data Locking (Cyber Recovery)
GA

Product Models & SKUs

9 current · 3 legacy · 0 EOL
Model / SKUTierYearMax CapacityMax IOPSThroughputSoftwareStatus
Current (9)
FlashArray//XL R4
FA-XL170
Ultra202313 PB effective30M400 GB/s
Purity//FA
v6.6.3
Current
FlashArray//X90 R4
FA-X90
High-end20234.5 PB effective15M150 GB/s
Purity//FA
v6.6.3
Current
FlashArray//X70 R4
FA-X70
Midrange20232 PB effective7.5M75 GB/s
Purity//FA
v6.6.3
Current
FlashArray//C80 R3
FA-C80
Capacity20225 PB effective2M30 GB/s
Purity//FA
v6.6.3
Current
FlashArray//C60 R3
FA-C60
Entry-Capacity20222 PB effective750K18 GB/s
Purity//FA
v6.6.3
Current
FlashArray//E
FA-E
Entry20231 PB effective500K15 GB/s
Purity//FA
v6.6.3
Current
FlashBlade//S500
FB-S500
High-end20223 PB usableN/A270 GB/s
Purity//FB
v4.4.2
Current
FlashBlade//S200
FB-S200
Midrange20221 PB usableN/A90 GB/s
Purity//FB
v4.4.2
Current
FlashBlade//E
FB-E
Entry2023576 TB usableN/A16 GB/s
Purity//FB
v4.4.2
Current
Legacy (3)
FlashArray//X R2
FA-X
High-end20202.8 PB effective4M50 GB/s
Purity//FA
≤ 6.3.4
Legacy
FlashArray//M20 R2
FA-M20
Entry20181 PB effective500K10 GB/s
Purity//FA
≤ 5.3.8
Legacy
FlashBlade (original)
FB-1
Legacy20161 PB usableN/A50 GB/s
Purity//FB
≤ 3.3.7
Legacy
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Deployment Options

On-premises Appliance (FlashArray)
On-premises (FlashBlade — unified fast file/object)
Pure Cloud Block Store (AWS / Azure)

FlashArray software running in public cloud

Colocation
Evergreen//One (STaaS — on your premises)

Hardware owned by Pure, consumed as a service

Air-gapped

SafeMode snapshots provide logical air-gap

FedRAMP

Not FedRAMP authorized

Compliance & Certifications

SOC 2 Type II
ISO 27001
HIPAA

BAA available

PCI-DSS
GDPR
FedRAMP
FIPS 140-2

Data-at-rest encryption validated

Integrations

Hypervisor

VMware vSphereVMware vVolsMicrosoft Hyper-V

Cloud

AWS (Pure Cloud Block Store)Microsoft Azure (Pure CBS)

Kubernetes

Portworx (Kubernetes)

Backup

VeeamCommvault

Automation

TerraformAnsible

SIEM

Splunk

ITSM

ServiceNow