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infrastructure to avoid putting your business
at risk. In addition to existing applications
that may already be causing you pain,
there are newer workloads that perhaps
do not have an established infrastructure
and demand the performance, resiliency,
scalability and management simplicity of
all-flash storage.
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is a
perfect example of this type of workload:
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Because of the ‘bursty’ nature of VDI
and the pressure it places on storage
performance, spinning disks are not a viable
option for such deployments. To understand
which application(s) should go on all-flash
storage first, it is important to:
• Take stock of your own requirements,
applications and budget considerations,
and identify those workloads that are
causing the most pain or providing the
Christian Putz, Director, Emerging
Markets, EMEA, at Pure Storage
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