Case Study: Hawkins Inc. achieves faster daily sales reports and 91% faster backups with Pure Storage

Hawkins Inc. finds Winning Formula from Pure Storage for Solving Application Performance Problems

Hawkins Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of industrial chemicals serving municipalities and businesses across the Central U.S., depends on JD Edwards/MS SQL, VMware and data warehouses to run sales, routing and supply‑chain operations. Persistent performance problems with hybrid storage made database jobs and overnight reports unpredictable, delayed driver routes and daily sales reports, and consumed IT time troubleshooting storage instead of supporting business initiatives.

Hawkins replaced the failing hybrid arrays with Pure Storage FlashArray, restoring consistent high performance and eliminating storage variability. Nightly sales reporting dropped from 8 hours to 3 hours and key database backups collapsed from 12 hours to 1 hour, while IT staff were freed to focus on new projects thanks to the “set it and forget it” reliability and strong vendor support.

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Dennis Tobias

Senior Network Systems Engineer