Pure Storage unveils Purity 6.0 for
FlashArray for agile data services
disaster recovery software add-ons. This
new active-passive replication technology
addresses a major business requirement
by protecting critical applications with
a near-zero recovery point objective
(RPO). Now, customers have the ability
to leverage synchronous, active-active,
replication with ActiveCluster, snapshotbased
asynchronous replication, and now
continuous replication all on the same
Purity platform.
Pure Storage, the IT pioneer that
delivers storage as-a-service
in a multi-cloud world, has
announced Purity 6.0 for FlashArray, the
latest version of Pure’s flagship suite of
software. Engineered with the modern
organisation in mind, these new agile
data services provide customers with
an efficient way to store, safeguard,
manage, access and mobilise their data
with strategic consumption models
custom-tailored to their needs.
Purity 6.0 further simplifies modern
infrastructure with a unified block-andfile
solution designed to help solve
infrastructure challenges, including storage
silos and sprawl, which impact modern
business across every industry. With a host
of new agile data services, Pure customers
can immediately leverage two key new
capabilities – unified protocol support with
NFS and SMB, along with active disaster
recovery built on brand-new continuous
replication technology. As part of the
Evergreen Storage subscription model,
these new features require no additional
licenses, no added support costs and zero
added complexity.
“Flexible consumption models represent
the bedrock of Pure’s modern data
experience,” said Prakash Darji, General
Manager, FlashArray. “We’ve had the
tremendous advantage of being purposebuilt
for the modern era – our solutions
are designed for massive amounts of
data, to be fundamentally upgradeable
without disruption and to be compatible
with future innovation so that our
customers never have to wait for the
latest tools. Purity 6.0 represents the
next and most logical step in delivering
that continued value to our customers
– services that can be consumed in
whatever way best fits the customer need
at any given moment.”
Pure’s new unified block and file
capabilities on FlashArray save customers
the trouble and expense of running
two incompatible environments. They
are designed to simplify operations for
organisations that primarily run block
storage but still require or utilise separate
network-attached storage. This enables
customers to run all workloads within the
Purity operating environment, leverage
the same data layer, user-interface, pool
of capacity, and benefit from Pure’s
industry-leading global data reduction.
Similarly, the new continuous replication
feature, ActiveDR, helps Pure customers
improve their business resiliency without
the cost and complexity of third-party
“Pure Storage enables us to offer entirely
new areas of service for our faculty, staff
and students by continuously innovating
with our modern set of IT problems in
mind,” said James Kelly, Senior Systems
Administrator for Research Support at
Chapman University. “The challenges
we face are diverse and require a
diverse set of solutions. Purity 6.0 will
allow us to solve critical problems in
more – and more creative – ways. The
unified SAN and NAS capabilities of this
new FlashArray OS represent a gamechanger
for our highest-performance
file-based workloads that otherwise
need to run in all-block environments. It
offers us a great way to cost-effectively
run VDI or performance-critical filebased
applications right alongside our
key enterprise and research workloads
in Pure’s familiar, reliable, cloud-like
operating environment.” ◊
PURE STORAGE
ENABLES US TO
OFFER ENTIRELY
NEW AREAS OF
SERVICE FOR
OUR FACULTY,
STAFF AND
STUDENTS.
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