User:ZacBond/pure-storage-draft-jan-2023

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Pure Storage develops flash-based storage for data centers[1] using consumer-grade solid state drives.[2][3] Flash storage is faster than traditional disk storage, but more expensive.[4] Pure Storage develops proprietary de-duplication and compression software to improve the amount of data that can be stored on each drive.[4] It also develops its own flash storage hardware.[5] Pure Storage develops and markets the FlashArray family of flash storage QLC and NVMe arrays,[6] the FlashBlade family for unstructured data,[7] and the Portworx family for Kubernetes,[8] as well as the Evergreen family of Storage-as-a-Service subscriptions.[9] Some of its products use an operating system called Purity.[10] Most of Pure's revenues come from IT resellers that market its products to data center operators.[11]

Product history[edit]

The first commercial Pure Storage product was the FlashArray 300 series.[10] It was one of the first all-flash storage arrays for large data centers.[12] It used generic consumer-grade, multi-level cell (MLC) solid-state drives from Samsung, but Pure Storage's proprietary controllers and software.[10] The second generation product was announced in 2012.[3] It added encryption, redundancies, and the ability to replace components like flash drives or RAM modules.[3] In 2014, Pure Storage added two third-generation products to the 400 series.[2][13] It also announced FlashStack, a converged infrastructure partnership with Cisco, in order to integrate Pure Storage's flash storage devices with Cisco's blade servers.[14]

In 2015, Pure Storage introduced a flash memory appliance built on Pure Storage's own proprietary hardware.[5][15][16] The new hardware also used 3D-NAND and had other improvements.[17] In 2017, Pure Storage added artificial intelligence software that configures the storage-array.[18] An expansion add-on appliance was introduced in 2017.[19] The intended uses of Pure Storage expanded as the product developed over time.[12] It was initially intended primarily for server virtualization, desktop virtualization, and database programs.[10][2] By 2017, 30 percent of Pure Storage's revenue came from software as a service providers and other cloud customers.[12] FlashBlade, introduced in 2016, was intended for rapid restore, unstructured data, and analytics.[12] In 2018, Pure Storage and Nvidia jointly developed and marketed AIRI, an appliance specifically for running artificial intelligence workloads.[20][21]

Pure Storage started selling storage as-a-service in 2017. It introduced Evergreen Storage Service (at times known as Pure as-a-service) in 2018.[22][23] Pure Storage's first Portworx database-as-a-service product was released in 2021, a year after it acquired Portworx the company.[24] Pure Storage released FlashBlade//S, which uses a modular architecture, in June 2022.[25][26]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b c Morgan, Timothy (May 15, 2014). "Pure Storage 250 TB All-Flash Array Takes On Disks". EnterpriseTech. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Mearian, Lucas (May 16, 2012). "Pure Storage's next-generation flash array offers high-availability option". Computerworld. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Higginbotham, Stacey (August 23, 2011). "Pure Storage brings hard disk pricing to Flash storage". Gigaom. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Konrad, Alex (May 1, 2015). "$3 Billion Startup Pure Storage Moves Into Hardware, Announces 'Evergreen' Sale Model". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  6. ^ Kovar, Joseph F. (December 8, 2021). "Pure Storage Aims At Enterprise With FlashArray//XL". CRN. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  7. ^ Armstrong, Adam (June 8, 2022). "Pure Storage FlashBlade//S increases performance, flexibility". TechTarget. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  8. ^ Adshead, Antony. "Pure to offer on-prem object storage as Snowflake data source". ComputerWeekly. Archived from the original on 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  9. ^ Kovar, Joseph F. (June 8, 2022). "Pure Storage Evergreen Subscription Separates Hardware, Software". CRN. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d Mearian, Lucas (August 23, 2011). "Start-up Pure Storage emerges with all-SSD array". Computerworld. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  11. ^ Kovar, Joseph (August 25, 2016). "Pure Storage Q2 '17: Record Revenue Puts Company In Prime Position For Future All-Flash Storage Growth". CRN. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  12. ^ a b c d Burgener, Eric (December 2017), IDC MarketScape: Worldwide All-Flash Array 2017 Vendor Assessment, IDC
  13. ^ Raffo, Dave (May 19, 2018). "Pure Storage flash gets arrays bigger, smaller, cheaper". SearchStorage. Archived from the original on March 10, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  14. ^ Kovar, Joseph F. (December 11, 2014). "One More For The Cisco Stable: Pure Storage Intros All-Flash Converged Infrastructure". CRN. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  15. ^ Kepes, Ben (June 21, 2016). "It's all go in solid state world. Pure Storage ups the ante". Network World. Archived from the original on May 20, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  16. ^ Kovar, Joseph (May 1, 2015). "Pure Storage Unveils First Custom-Built Hardware For Its All-Flash Arrays". CRN. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  17. ^ Dignan, Larry (November 13, 2015). "Pure Storage adds 3D memory, Oracle and SAP systems, predictive support". ZDNet. Archived from the original on April 30, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  18. ^ Dignan, Larry (June 12, 2017). "Pure Storage outlines AI engine, bevy of software updates, 75-blade all-flash system". ZDNet. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  19. ^ Kovar, Joseph F. (April 11, 2017). "Pure Storage's All-NVMe FlashArray//X Targets Enterprises Running High-Performance Web-Scale Applications, Data Analytics". CRN. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  20. ^ Miller, Ron (March 27, 2018). "Pure Storage teams with Nvidia on GPU-fueled Flash storage solution for AI". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on June 8, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  21. ^ Condon, Stephanie (March 27, 2018). "Pure Storage and Nvidia introduce AIRI, AI-Ready Infrastructure". ZDNet. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  22. ^ Burt, Jeffrey (October 5, 2021). "Pure Storage Delivers Cloud Storage, Data Services". The New Stack. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  23. ^ Kranz, Garry (September 18, 2019). "Pure Storage analytics, cloud move to forefront". Storage. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  24. ^ Sliwa, Carol (May 13, 2021). "Pure Storage updates management tool, integrates Portworx". Storage. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  25. ^ Beeler, Brian (June 8, 2022). "Pure Storage FlashBlade//S Launched". StorageReview.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  26. ^ Patrizio, Andy (June 13, 2022). "Pure Storage upgrades AI platform built on Nvidia DGX systems". Network World. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
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