Dedupe Retrofitting Fables and Foibles
We’ve long argued at Pure Storage that deduplication for primary storage is quite different than backup deduplication, and it is very difficult to retrofit deduplication to legacy storage arrays that weren’t designed for it. For the latest chapter in this series, I invite you to read one of the more entertaining news articles of the…
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Pure Storage FlashArray Achieves VMware Ready Status
We are proud to announce that Pure Storage FlashArray has successfully completed the tests required for achieving VMware Ready certification, and is now listed on the VMware Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). This gives the FlashArray VMware Ready status for VMware ESXi 5.0 and ESXi 5.0 U1. The storage certification for VMware ESXi assures customers that Pure…
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Debunking the Flash Myths
According to Gartner, the market for all-flash storage is going to approach $4B in 2015. Given these high stakes and ongoing brouhaha between hardware-centric flash appliances and new software-centric flash storage arrays, it’s no surprise that there’s substantial misinformation out there. To attempt to shed some light on the controversy, George Crump of Storage Switzerland…
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