FlashArray//X

Overview

Unified block and file storage designed to be as easy to use as it is powerful. All-flash FlashArray//X is software-driven storage that’s optimized for your corporate or enterprise requirements today, with a non-disruptive path for the future.

Benefit

1. Run More Workloads on Fewer Arrays

FlashArray//X delivers exceptional performance density, allowing you to consolidate more business services—bigger databases, more applications, more users—on fewer arrays. Accelerate all your business-critical workloads, along with file services on unified storage. Scale further and gain AWS and Azure cloud agility with Pure Cloud Block Store™.

2. Effortless Storage Management

FlashArray’s™ Purity operating environment delivers the power, performance, and resilience of a Modern Data Experience™. Get rich data services, global flash management, industry-leading efficiency, and fabric support—and continuous innovation.

3. Always-on Data Protection

Protect your data from disasters and ransomware attacks with built-in capabilities to meet your RTO and RPO service-level agreements and security requirements. Get immutable SafeMode snapshots, backup to cloud, and array replication for business continuity.

4. Application Performance

Boost performance of business-critical apps such as SAP HANA, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle with DirectMemory™ modules built with Intel Optane SSDs. Plug them in and watch latency drop by up to 50% without configuration or tuning.

*Supported in //X70 R2 and //X90 R2 and R3 models only

FlashArray//X Specifications

	Capacity	Physical
//X90	Up to 3.3 PB / 2.9 PiB effective capacity Up to 878 TB / 768.3 TiB raw capacity	3U-6U; 1160–1446 watts (nominal–peak) 97 lbs (44 kg) fully loaded; 5.12” x 18.94” x 29.72”
//X70	Up to 2286 TB / 2078.9 TiB effective capacity Up to 622 TB / 544.2 TiB raw capacity	3U-6U; 1084–1344 watts (nominal–peak) 97 lbs (44.0 kg) fully loaded; 5.12” x 18.94” x 29.72”
//X50	Up to 663 TB / 602.9 TiB effective capacity Up to 185 TB / 171 TiB raw capacity	3U; 868–1114 watts (nominal–peak) 95 lbs (43.1 kg) fully loaded; 5.12” x 18.94” x 29.72”
//X20	Up to 314 TB / 285.4 TiB effective capacity Up to 94 TB / 88 TiB raw capacity	3U; 741–973 watts (nominal–peak) 95 lbs (43.1 kg) fully loaded; 5.12” x 18.94” x 29.72
//X10	Up to 73 TB / 66.2 TiB effective capacity Up to 22 TB / 19.2 TiB raw capacity	3U; 640–845 watts (nominal–peak) 95 lbs (43.1 kg) fully loaded; 5.12” x 18.94” x 29.72”
DirectFlash Shelf	Up to 1.9 PB effective capacity Up to 512 TB / 448.2 TiB raw capacity	3U; 460 - 500 watts (nominal–peak) 87.7 lbs (39.8kg) fully loaded; 5.12” x 18.94” x 29.72”