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Pure FlashArray//XL170 R5
High-end · all-flash · dual controller - Higher-performance FlashArray//XL for demanding OLTP/OLAP databases, EHR and large VM estates.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | Pure Storage |
| Family | FlashArray |
| Class | High-end |
| Architecture | Dual controller (HA pair) |
| Status | Current |
| Released | 2025 |
| Operating system | Purity//FA |
| Controllers | 2 |
| Nodes | n/a |
| Cache / memory | n/a |
| Availability | 99.9999% |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | All-flash |
| Drive types | NVMe SSD |
| Drive note | DirectFlash Modules with distributed NVRAM (DFMD); DirectCompress Accelerator card |
| Flash drive sizes | n/a |
| HDD sizes | n/a |
| Maximum drives | n/a |
| Controller enclosure | 5U |
| Expansion | DirectFlash Shelf (3U, NVMe-oF/RoCE over 100GbE, up to 1,024TB raw per shelf) or Pure Expansion Shelf; 5–11U total including DirectFlash Shelf, 3U |
| Raw capacity | 1.97 PB |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | 7.4 PB |
| Data reduction | Effective capacity assumes a 5:1 average data reduction (always-on inline deduplication, compression and pattern removal; thin provisioning excluded) after HA, RAID and metadata overhead and GB-to-GiB conversion |
| Protection | n/a |
| Protection note | RAID scheme not named in the data sheet; effective figures allow for HA, RAID and metadata overhead. SafeMode Snapshots on by default; ActiveCluster synchronous replication (zero RPO) for block and file per the FlashArray product page. Object (S3) per the FlashArray product page ('block, file, and object'). Four power supplies in N+2. |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | n/a |
| Maximum throughput | n/a |
| Latency | 150 µs |
| Conditions | Latency is the FlashArray//XL R5 'as low as 150µs' family claim; the data sheet also quotes 45GB/s (512K, 100% read) for the //XL family without naming a model, so throughput is left null. host_ports_max = 32 host I/O ports per controller x 2 controllers. Host cards: 2/4-port 10/25GbE, 2-port 100/200GbE (NVMe/TCP, NVMe/RoCE), 2/4-port 8/16/32/64Gb FC (NVMe/FC; 64Gb via SFP upgrade). Raw 1.97PB / 1.7PiB (raw label capacity); effective 7.4PB / 6.6PiB. power_w = typical watts (2,475–3,160 W typical–peak). Released 2025 per Pure's Sept 2025 launch blog. Pure Storage now trades as Everpure; purestorage.com URLs redirect to everpuredata.com. |
| Protocols | Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NVMe over FC, NVMe over RoCE, NVMe over TCP, NFS, SMB / CIFS, S3 object |
| Fibre Channel | 64 Gb |
| Ethernet | 200 GbE |
| Host ports | 64 |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | n/a |
| File systems | n/a |
| Snapshots | n/a |
| Management and support | |
| Management | Pure1, Everpure Fusion (Intelligent Control Plane), unified REST API |
| Power | 2,475 W |
| Positioned for | Databases, Virtualization, Mission-critical, Analytics |
| Warranty | n/a |
| Design terms | Array capacity (single global pool) · Volume · Host group · Asynchronous replication (protection groups) / ActiveDR |
| Data services | |
✓ Deduplication
✓ Compression
✓ Thin provisioning
✓ Snapshots
✓ Clones
✓ Asynchronous replication
✓ Synchronous replication
✓ Active-active / metro
✓ Encryption at rest
✓ Immutable snapshots
? Ransomware detection
✓ Quality of service
? Automated tiering
? Cloud tiering
? VMware vVols
? Kubernetes CSI
✓ Native file services
✓ Native object (S3)
✓ Non-disruptive upgrades
✕ Scale-out
✓ stated by the OEM · ✕ not offered · ? not stated | |
| Source | |
| Product page | https://www.purestorage.com/content/dam/pdf/en/datasheets/ds-flasharray-xl.pdf |
| Datasheet | https://www.purestorage.com/content/dam/pdf/en/datasheets/ds-flasharray-xl.pdf |