The company said the introduction of the repository means customers no longer need to settle for disk for imaging data storage. Pure Storage said FlashBlade/E will be offered at under $0.20 per GB, including three years of service. The platform starts at 4PB and scales from there.

FlashBlade/E will be generally available by the end of April 2023, the company said. Pure Storage also said that in addition to traditional purchase, customers can deploy FlashBlade/E through a new service tier of Pure's Evergreen/One Storage as-a-Service (STaaS) subscription.