Case Study: Cdiscount achieves full-performance, cost-efficient virtual desktops with Pure Storage FlashArray

Cdiscount Enjoys Full Performance Virtual Desktops Through A Cost Efficient Pure Storage based Solution

Cdiscount, France’s leading e‑commerce site (about 1,200 employees and $1.6B revenue in 2013), needed to support rapid growth and frequent, unpredictable influxes of contract developers who require workstation‑class performance. To deliver up to 120 virtual desktops via Hyper‑V economically, the IT team sought a high‑performance, low‑maintenance storage solution with sub‑millisecond latency and strong data reduction.

They chose the Pure Storage FlashArray all‑flash solution, which met the <1 ms latency and achieved the promised 10:1 data reduction while being easy to install and manage. The deployment delivered 100% reliability, lower cost per virtual desktop versus physical machines, instant high‑performance desktops for developers, faster project completion and higher production rates.

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Romain Broussard

Head of Infrastructure and Production