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Pure Storage Partners with Meta on AI Research SuperCluster (RSC)

Jan 26, 2022 by Praveen 0 Comments #AI Research SuperCluster (RSC), #Meta, #Pure Storage

Pure Storage® (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that delivers storage as-a-service, today announced its role in Meta’s new AI Research SuperCluster (RSC), which Meta believes will be the fastest AI supercomputer in the world.

Announced today, RSC is helping Meta’s AI researchers build new and better AI models that can learn from trillions of examples, work across hundreds of different languages, seamlessly analyze text, images, and video together, develop new augmented reality tools, and much more. RSC will pave the way toward building technologies for Meta’s next major computing platform, the metaverse, where AI-driven applications and products will play an important role.

Meta chose Pure as it needed a storage partner that can deliver robust and scalable storage capabilities to power RSC. With FlashArrayTM and FlashBlade®, RSC will have unparalleled performance to rapidly analyze both structured and unstructured data, underpinned by Pure’s foundation of simplicity, reliability, and sustainability.

Pure is a long-time technology provider for Meta, helping to design the first generation of Meta’s AI research infrastructure in 2017. Since then, Meta has continued to partner with Pure, and RSC is the latest example of how Pure is helping Meta achieve its AI research goals.

“The technologies powering the metaverse will require massively powerful computing solutions capable of instantly analyzing ever increasing amounts of data. Meta’s RSC is a breakthrough in supercomputing that will lead to new technologies and customer experiences enabled by AI. We are thrilled to be a part of this project and look forward to seeing the progress Meta’s AI researchers will make.” – Rob Lee, CTO, Pure Storage

Pure’s portfolio enables large-scale AI workloads with high-performance, architecturally optimized solutions within the smallest and most environmentally friendly footprint, letting customers process massive amounts of data from structured and unstructured sources with speed, reliability, and efficiency. Solutions leveraged by Meta’s RSC include:

  • FlashArray//C is a high-capacity, enterprise-ready platform that delivers hyper-consolidation, proven six-nines of availability, and consistent single-millisecond latency for the most demanding environments. Its unique QLC-based architecture allows the array to fulfill the strict performance, power, density, and space requirements of the RSC environment.
  • FlashBlade is the industry’s most advanced all-flash storage solution for consolidating fast file and object data. It brings a massively parallel platform capable of delivering ultra-fast performance to billions of objects and files.
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Pure Storage Introduces New Top End FlashArray Model, Bringing Power and Scale With Unparalleled Simplicity to the Enterprise

Dec 9, 2021 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #FlashArray//XL, #James Laming, #Pure Storage, #storage, #Top End FlashArray Model

Pure Storage® (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that delivers storage-as-a-service in a multi-cloud world, today announced FlashArray//XL, the newest member of the FlashArray family, designed for mission-critical, platinum tier enterprise applications – from massive databases to containerized and cloud-native apps. FlashArray//XL delivers unmatched performance and scale with a nearly 80% improvement in IOPS.

With the pace of business only increasing, application demand can shoot up in an instant and the need for new apps to be deployed requires IT to work in hours, not months. Previously, the largest enterprises had to scale their top-tier applications with legacy technology that required high management complexity, high power and energy costs, and disruptive forklift upgrades.

Now, with the new FlashArray//XL and Pure Fusion – Pure’s self-service, autonomous Storage-as-Code platform – Pure continues to add enterprise-grade scale to its promise of subscription storage that easily evolves to keep IT infrastructure agile and up-to-date.

FlashArray//XL delivers:

Strength to run the most demanding business services: Accelerate enterprise workloads with maximum performance even as they scale to operate at increased loads, with 100% more host connectivity and two times more volume support on a single array.

Cloud-like model for deploying new apps quickly and easily: Designed to work in concert, Pure Fusion, and FlashArray//XL give enterprises Storage-as-Code access to cloud-scale, enabling platinum-level storage tiers and data policies with robust tools to optimize storage pools and workload placement.

Efficiency and density to consolidate applications for maximum TCO and green data center standards: Enable workload consolidation on fewer arrays to simplify operations, reduce rack space requirements, and significantly reduce power consumption and cooling costs.

Always-on data protection that’s savvy to ransomware threats: Ensure that data stored on FlashArray//XL is secure, available, and easily recoverable after disruptions, including malicious attacks.
Future-proof with Evergreen subscription: Get immediate access to ever-improving capabilities with a right-size guarantee and non-disruptive upgrades and capacity expansions as storage needs evolve.

FlashArray //XL and Pure Fusion were built to meet demand from new customers who wanted to standardize their storage environments on the simplicity of the Pure subscription model but needed new levels of scale. This demand is already seeing early validation with pre-release orders to standardize top enterprise workloads on FlashArray//XL arrays, as customers eliminate the last remnants of their legacy Dell EMC footprint.

“Customers expect a new, modern way to scale enterprise storage. FlashArray//XL is a clear shot across the bow of legacy storage vendors by combining the high-end scale of a true enterprise-class array with the scale-out agility of the cloud operating model.” — Shawn Hansen, VP and GM, FlashArray, Pure Storage

“For top tier applications like massive databases, enterprises need maximum performance and density, but they also want the control of their own datacenter and the agility and flexibility of the cloud. Enterprise-class storage solutions like the FlashArray//XL that are coupled with the cloud operating model give customers the best of both worlds.” — Eric Burgener, Research Vice President, Enterprise Infrastructure Practice, IDC

“The announcement of the FlashArray//XL series underscores Pure’s unwavering commitment to delivering market-leading storage services. It is exciting and exceptionally gratifying to see a partner with the same dedication to supporting even the most demanding workloads. It’s clear that the new //XL platform will ensure continued support to our growing and expanding data services portfolio and ecosystem.” — James Laming, VP, Global Head of Infrastructure, Options Technology

Available now, FlashArray//XL delivers up to 5.78 PB effective capacity, as low as 150µs latency, and up to 36GB/s throughput, with industry-leading 5:1 data reduction average, 10:1 total efficiency, and proven 99.9999% availability in a 5U platform.

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Pure Storage Brings Industry Leading Block Storage to Microsoft Azure

Mar 18, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Aung Oo, #Microsoft Azure Storage, #Partner of Director Management, #Pure Storage

Bengaluru/ Hyderabad, March 17, 2021 — Today Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that delivers storage as-a-service in a multicloud world announced the general availability of Pure Cloud Block Store on Microsoft Azure Marketplace. With a common dataplane across multicloud environments, customers can move to the cloud on their terms, allowing for seamless application portability to the cloud or the ability to complement on-premises workloads with Dev/Test, Disaster Recovery and High Availability solutions in the cloud.

While enterprises increasingly desire cloud attributes including simplicity of management, pay-as-you-go consumption, and non-disruptive upgrades, they know the best way to achieve their goals is to implement a hybrid approach to IT. According to predictions from IDC, by the end of this year, more than 90% of enterprises worldwide will meet their infrastructure needs with a mix of on-premises/dedicated private clouds, several public clouds, and legacy platforms.

“From global enterprises to ground-breaking startups, Pure Storage is trusted by thousands of customers worldwide. Storage consumption has grown at an exponential rate and the ability to meet customer demand is critical now. With our Cloud Block Store on Azure, Pure will continue to support partners, enterprises, and organizations with their block storage needs, offering modern cloud storage infrastructure and Pure’s industry-leading data compression, thin provisioning, and deduplication. Pure is committed to deliver seamless data mobility, resilience, and a consistent experience wherever their data lives.” – Ramanujam Komanduri, Country Manager, Pure Storage India

“Pure and Microsoft Azure share the belief that our customers deserve a seamless experience whether their infrastructure is on-premises, hybrid, multicloud, or at the edge. Pure Cloud Block Store on Azure, which is built with unique Azure capabilities including shared disks and Ultra Disk Storage, provides a comprehensive high availability and performant solution. We are pleased to welcome Pure Cloud Block Store to the Azure Marketplace to bring increased data mobility and protection to our joint customers.” – Aung Oo, Partner of Director Management, Microsoft Azure Storage

Pure Cloud Block Store provides seamless data mobility across on-premises and cloud environments with a consistent experience, regardless of where data lives – on premises, cloud, hybrid cloud, or multicloud. Pure Storage works collaboratively with Microsoft to support joint customers on their cloud journey by addressing their diverse needs, including:

A common dataplane across environments: Because Pure Cloud Block Store runs the same operating system as Pure’s industry-leading FlashArray™ systems, customers are able to get all of the benefits of an enterprise-grade storage platform including data reduction, built-in snapshots, thin provisioning, and high availability, natively in the cloud and with the added benefit of seamless data mobility between clouds. It delivers consistent APIs and automation between on-premises and cloud, enabling developers to build once and deploy across their hybrid cloud.

Resilience and reliability: Pure Cloud Block Store enhances cloud storage reliability by ensuring that applications and data are resilient to single points of failure. Also announced today, the Pure Validated Design for Microsoft SQL Server Business Resilience delivers business continuity for mission critical SQL Server databases running on premises and enables disaster recovery in the cloud by leveraging the new Pure Cloud Block Store for Microsoft Azure as a high availability target. With SQL Server and the combination of FlashArray//X, FlashArray//C, and Pure Cloud Block Store, customers can achieve the highest levels of application availability, ensuring business continuity for their most important SQL Server workloads.

Cost efficiency: Cloud-native customers can see meaningful cost savings through Pure’s industry leading data reduction capabilities and via reduced management overhead typically associated with cloud-native block storage by eliminating the need to manage IOPS, bandwidth and capacity of individual volumes. Its industry-leading data efficiency means customers can buy less capacity in the cloud without compromising on enterprise storage features and flexibility.

Pure’s Subscription Services include the Evergreen™ program and unified subscription, which delivers on-premises solutions and Pure’s Cloud Block Store under a single consumption experience. Pure’s unified subscription is a true enterprise class utility that delivers ultimate flexibility for storage consumption.

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Pure Storage recognized as a leader in enterprise Flash Array storage category

Jan 22, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Pure Storage

Mumbai: Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), the technology pioneer that delivers storage-as-a-service in a multi-cloud environment, today announced that TrustRadius has recognized FlashArrayTM for Best Customer Support and Best Usability. With a combined average trScore of 9.2 out of 10 and 335 verified customer reviews and ratings, FlashArray won in the Enterprise Flash Array Storage category.

“Pure Storage has won a Best Customer Support award from TrustRadius based directly on customer feedback,” said Megan Headley, VP of Research at TrustRadius. “Reviewers on TrustRadius highlight Pure Storage’s speed, knowledge, and professionalism.”

Based entirely on customer feedback, the TrustRadius Top Rated Awards have become the industry standard for unbiased recognition of B2B technology solutions. Hear global customers share their experiences and outcomes using FlashArray:

● “Pure Storage stands head and shoulders above their competition. Not only is performance and usable capacity better and faster respectively, but the predictable support costs also make this a ‘no-brainer.’”

Kevin Hannon, IT Director, Town of Belchertown, Massachusetts See full review here

“Pure is thrilled to be recognized by TrustRadius as the leader in flash storage,” said Shawn Hansen, FlashArray General Manager, Pure Storage. “Coupled with recent recognition as the Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Primary Storage Arrays and the Medallia Net Promoter leader, we believe this illustrates that the key to long-term market leadership is to create amazing experiences that deeply satisfy customers.”

Commenting on the recognition, Ramanujam Komanduri, Country Manager – India, Pure Storage said, “This is a phenomenal achievement for Pure Storage. Our FlashArray enables customers to add agility to their business without compromising on efficiency, reliability, and flexibility. With data centers going mainstream, FlashArray in India is gaining prominence and our solutions are transforming the enterprise IT industry. Pure is delivering the modern data experience by providing the industry’s most complete and differentiated all-flash technology portfolio.”

Pure is consistently recognized by its customers as this also marks the sixth consecutive year the company has maintained its market-leading NPS score in the top one percent of Medallia-benchmarked B2B scores while scaling the business. This year, Pure increased its score to 83.5, which is more than twice the B2B average.

Pure’s entire portfolio of solutions is architected to deliver a Modern Data Experience that enables customers to succeed in hybrid and multi-cloud environments through simplicity, flexibility and reliability at scale.

Within the portfolio, Pure’s FlashArray family offers performance and capacity optimized solutions to address critical and operational workloads for any organization. Designed with flexibility in mind, customers receive consumption choices (appliance, software defined, or as-a-Service) that fit their specific financial requirements, and benefit from our Evergreen™ subscriptions allowing customers to non-disruptively incorporate controller technology advances in their purchase.