Case Study: SurePayroll achieves 4x payroll processing capacity with Pure Storage FlashArray

SurePayroll gets Primary Storage that Pays

SurePayroll, a provider of online payroll services for small businesses, faced performance and scalability limits as it grew—particularly around its production SQL and Oracle databases and the need to support new reporting and testing workflows without slowing payroll processing or backups.

SurePayroll deployed two Pure Storage FA-420 FlashArrays (integrated via VMware vMotion) as primary storage, which delivered a 4x increase in batch payroll processing capacity, virtually eliminated database I/O waits, cut test data creation from 11 days to 1.5 days, allowed backups to run without throttling, and freed administrators to focus on strategic projects.

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David Gloff

IT Operations Manager