Pure Storage FlashBlade//EXA: Verified Benchmarks vs. Marketing Claims

Pure Storage announced next-generation storage products at Pure//Accelerate in June 2025, including FlashBlade//EXA targeting AI and HPC workloads. The announcements included specific performance claims: FlashBlade//S R2 &ldquo;performs up to 30% greater than competitors across critical workloads,&rdquo; FlashBlade//EXA achieves &ldquo;more than 10 terabytes per second of read performance within a…