Recently Pure and Veeam jointly announced the release of the Pure Storage plug-in and support for FlashBlade with Veeam Backup & Replication. These integrations provide joint customers with enhanced data protection capabilities that included accelerated backups, rapid data and application recovery, and agile data management. Both Veeam & Pure Storage have been … [Read more...] about Pure Storage Plug-in and Integrations with Veeam
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Like the Phoenix, the vSphere Storage Best Practices Returns for VMworld 2016
I am happy to announce the return of the vSphere Storage Best Practices technical breakout session in an all-new and improved format. This is the brain child Cody Hosterman, Pure's Sr. VMware Reference Architect. If you've ever had the privilege to see Cody present, then you know he an expert's expert. I must admit, I'm humbled by the opportunity to join him on stage. Similar … [Read more...] about Like the Phoenix, the vSphere Storage Best Practices Returns for VMworld 2016
Vote for Pure Storage Sessions at VMworld 2015
One of the more compelling aspects of VMworld is the volume of community submitted breakout sessions. These add depth and context, expand on experiences and benefits of adopting and integrating technologies from VMware and their partners like Pure Storage. Community voting for VMworld 2015 is open and I’d like to highlight a number of sessions that either include or were … [Read more...] about Vote for Pure Storage Sessions at VMworld 2015
Melbourne VMUG UserCon 2015: vSphere Storage Best Practices
Recently I had th fortune to join my good friend Chad Sakac in co-presenting a keynote session at the Sydney and Melbourne UserCons. We delivered a condensed version of the VMworld 2014 session, 'vSphere Storage Best Practices: Next-Gen Storage Technologies' (STO2496). This secheduled 50 minute session imfamously went on for nearly 90 minutes at the San Francisco event! This … [Read more...] about Melbourne VMUG UserCon 2015: vSphere Storage Best Practices
Coming Soon: Support for VMware VVOLs
VMware has launched the beta for the next release of vSphere. This release includes support for virtual volumes (VVOLs), the generation of storage architecture for virtual infrastructures which will enable storage capabilities, both granular monitoring and management, on a per virtual machine basis. VVOLs will enable a number of operational and data management capabilities that … [Read more...] about Coming Soon: Support for VMware VVOLs