This paper outlines key architectural choices when deploying FlashArray and FlashBlade in enterprise environments. It explains how both platforms complement each other—FlashArray delivering ultra-low-latency block storage, while FlashBlade supplies scale-out file and object access for modern workloads. It examines data modeling, performance planning, workload isolation, namespace strategy, metadata behavior, and resiliency design. It guides teams in balancing capacity, throughput, security, and cost while ensuring optimal performance for AI/ML, analytics, DevOps, virtualization, and data protection pipelines.

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