Case Study: Major Food Producing Company achieves 99% faster SAP performance and $2M+ cost savings with Pure Storage

Pure Storage Takes a Bite Out of Costs for Major Food Producer

A major North American food producer that supplies over a billion pounds of ingredients a year faced severe SAP performance problems caused by an aging, spinning‑disk storage infrastructure. Business‑critical transactions and reports were slow—some queries took up to 24 hours—causing user frustration, tying up staff, and creating costly downtime exposure while IT struggled with complex storage management.

The company virtualized SAP and deployed Pure Storage all‑flash arrays across its data center, DR site, and plants. Performance improved immediately (one query dropped from ~24 hours to 20 minutes, a 99% reduction), storage management time fell dramatically, data‑reduction ratios ranged from 4.5:1 to 14:1, and the Evergreen upgrade model preserved investment. Combined capital and operating savings are estimated at more than $2 million over five years.