Long Term Data Storage Game-Changer: Pure Storage

Pure Storage’s Evergreen Forever Program: A Long-Term Data Retention Game-Changer

In today’s world, regulatory compliance and long-term data retention are more than just operational needs; they’re legally mandated priorities for many industries. For organizations in sectors like healthcare, finance, legal, and government, data retention periods can span decades, creating unique challenges in both data storage and accessibility. Pure Storage’s Evergreen Forever program offers a unique answer to this challenge, delivering continuous hardware refreshes that ensure long-term storage infrastructure remains high-performing and sustainable without disruptive overhauls.

Pure Storage’s Evergreen Forever program provides significant strategic advantages for long-term data retention, complemented by Semaphore’s expertise in deploying and supporting these solutions.

The Data Retention Challenge

When data must be stored for extended periods, standard storage approaches often require costly and complex migrations. Over time, legacy storage solutions degrade, risking downtime, data loss, and increased maintenance costs. Keeping hardware up to date while retaining secure access to data becomes a daunting, repetitive task for IT teams. For industries under regulatory scrutiny, ensuring data integrity and accessibility over long durations adds another layer of complexity and urgency.

Pure Storage’s Evergreen Forever Program: Built for Enduring Compliance and Accessibility

Pure Storage addresses these issues head-on with the Evergreen Forever program. Unlike traditional storage models that require forklift upgrades every 3-5 years, Evergreen Forever enables organizations to keep their storage environment consistently modern without incurring large, one-time hardware upgrade costs. Here’s how this continuous upgrade program aligns perfectly with the needs of organizations with long-term data retention requirements:

1. Non-Disruptive Hardware Refreshes
   The Evergreen Forever program includes non-disruptive hardware upgrades. For companies under compliance mandates, this means that data remains online and accessible during upgrades. It eliminates downtime, allowing companies to meet retention obligations while continuously enhancing performance.
2. Avoidance of Data Migrations
   Traditional storage upgrades often involve migrating data to new hardware, which can be both costly and risky. Evergreen Forever’s approach is radically different, allowing Pure Storage customers to enhance capacity and performance seamlessly on their existing platform. Organizations no longer need to plan and execute data migrations, reducing risks of data loss and meeting compliance with ease.
3. Consistent Cost Management
   Storage infrastructure costs can skyrocket when regular hardware refreshes and compliance-related upgrades are necessary. Evergreen Forever shifts this model to a predictable, subscription-like service that minimizes unexpected expenses. By stabilizing storage costs, organizations can meet budgetary requirements and more effectively plan for long-term expenditures associated with data retention compliance.
4. Sustainability Through Reduced Waste
   Traditional upgrade cycles often contribute to electronic waste, with old hardware being discarded every few years. Evergreen Forever promotes sustainable IT practices by minimizing hardware waste, aligning with broader environmental goals that many regulated industries now prioritize.

Additional Pure Storage Benefits for Long-Term Data Retention

In addition to Evergreen Forever, Pure Storage offers several other features highly relevant to organizations with stringent data retention requirements:

• Efficient Data Reduction
  Pure’s best-in-class data reduction technology maximizes storage efficiency, reducing the footprint of long-term data storage. This is particularly beneficial for organizations facing vast amounts of data that must remain accessible for decades.
• High Performance at Scale
  As data volumes grow, so does the need for rapid data retrieval and analytics. Pure Storage ensures that performance remains consistent even as data volumes increase, which is essential for organizations that need quick access to archived data.
• Robust Data Protection
  Security and data protection are essential for regulatory compliance. Pure Storage incorporates advanced data encryption and protection features, ensuring that long-term storage also meets high-security standards. This makes it easier for organizations to meet compliance regulations regarding data integrity and privacy.
• Seamless Compatibility with Modern Applications
  Pure Storage’s solutions are designed to integrate easily with cloud applications and hybrid cloud environments. This compatibility provides flexibility for future IT environments and ensures that archived data remains accessible even as technological needs evolve.

Why Semaphore for Pure Storage Implementations?

While Pure Storage delivers the technology, Semaphore provides the expertise to deploy and support these solutions tailored to your organization’s specific requirements. Our team brings decades of experience in data storage, compliance, and IT strategy, working alongside Pure Storage to ensure that the Evergreen Forever program and other features are optimized to meet the most stringent retention and regulatory standards.

For organizations legally bound to retain data over long periods, Semaphore’s tailored solutions with Pure Storage offer unmatched reliability, cost-effectiveness, and peace of mind. To learn more about how Evergreen Forever can transform your data retention strategy, contact us today.