What is Pure Cloud Block Store?

Pure Cloud Block Store is a software-only block storage offering in the public cloud from Pure Storage. It combines enterprise-grade data services from Purity Operating Environment with Azure storage.

Pure Cloud Block Store for Azure VMware Solution (AVS)

Azure VMware Solution (AVS)

Minimize Your Azure VMware Solution TCO

Achieve up to 10 times the cost savings and unblock your database workloads with the only external block storage available for VMware Cloud.

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External Block Storage with Enterprise Data Services

Implementing Pure Cloud Block Store™ unblocks database workloads and applications requiring copy data management from moving to the cloud.

Enterprise Block Storage for AVS

All the VMware-integrated data services that make FlashArray™ excel—now for AVS.

Unlock Scale with Cost Optimisation

Achieve up to ten times cost optimisation with Pure's industry-leading data reduction ratio and external storage to allow shifting spend from basic infrastructure to higher-value services from Azure.

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Enable Applications with Data Services

Enable your database workloads and applications requiring copy data management to run on AVS virtual machines with enterprise-grade data services.

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Secure and Protect with Pure Storage

Secure your AVS workloads with a full range of always-on data protection, business continuity, and ransomware capabilities from Purity.

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Storage-heavy deployments can result in imbalanced configurations when using AVS. Pure Cloud Block Store can help significantly reduce your costs by providing external block storage to right-size your solution.

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Video Series: Deploy Pure Cloud Block Store for Your Azure VMware Solution Environment

Pure Cloud Block Store helps customers get the most out of AVS with external block storage, data reduction, and copy data management.

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1. What is the Azure VMware Solution?

The Azure VMware Solution is Microsoft Azure’s managed VMware offering. It allows customers to deploy virtual machines without having to manage the underlying infrastructure.

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2. Why use Pure Cloud Block Store with Azure VMware Solution?

Pure Cloud Block Store can significantly optimise your spend for AVS. AVS resources need to be purchased by node, effectively bundling compute, memory, and storage. Pure Cloud Block Store volumes can be provisioned independently of other AVS host resources, including compute and memory.

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3. How does Pure Cloud Block Store secure Azure VMware Solution?

Pure Cloud Block Store runs on the Purity Operating Environment, which includes all of the data protection features that are available on all FlashArray systems. FlashArray customers can leverage these in a hybrid infrastructure.

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4. What is Evergreen//One?

Evergreen//One™ combines the agility and flexibility of public cloud storage with the security and performance of an all-flash infrastructure. This guaranteed, SLA-driven storage service improves how data is stored, mobilized, and protected.

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5. How does Evergreen//One benefit an AVS customer?

Evergreen//One subscriptions at or above Performance tier include Pure Cloud Block Store licenses, enabling those customers to leverage their committed capacity wherever they need it. FlashArray systems can replicate data directly to Pure Cloud Block Store and vice versa.

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