Flashblade

• Pure Storage's Recovery Speed Claims: Real Numbers, Missing Context

  Pure Storage publishes actual database recovery benchmarks — 60 TB/hr for Oracle RMAN, 113 TB/hr aggregate for SQL Server — and argues that recovery speed, not backup speed, defines data protection. The numbers are plausible. The thesis is correct. But the methodology gaps and missing comparisons leave important questions unanswered.

• Pure Storage's FlashBlade//EXA '10 TB/sec' Claim: When Vague Numbers Replace Real Benchmarks

  Pure Storage claims FlashBlade//EXA delivers 'more than 10 TB/sec' read performance. We analyze why this vague claim tells us almost nothing about real-world performance.

• Pure Storage FlashBlade//EXA: Verified Benchmarks vs. Marketing Claims

  Pure Storage submits to STAC-M3 auditing—a credible approach. But claims of '30% better than competitors' and '10 TB/s from early testing' deserve the same scrutiny applied to any vendor.