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Pure's Founding 15 Architectural Decisions
When Coz and team set out to build the first Pure storage system they had a mission to "fix everything that was wrong with data storage."...
Mar 232 min read
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EBC ya at Pure HQ
What's an EBC and how to have a great one.
Mar 204 min read
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Configuring a Pure Storage FlashBlade Veeam Repository for Rapid Restore
How to optimize your FlashBlade Veeam repository for blazing fast backup and recovery speeds.
Jun 8, 20214 min read
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Configuring Pure Storage FlashArray Email Alerts with Microsoft 365 / Office 365
Configure Pure Storage FlashArray to route email alerting through a Microsoft 365 / Office 365 email connector.
Apr 6, 20211 min read
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Quick Note - Pure Storage Plug-In for Veeam v1.3.18 Released
The Pure Storage Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication has been updated to version 1.3.18. Download today from Veeam.com
Mar 14, 20211 min read
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Veeam Immutable Backups with Pure Storage FlashArray//C SafeMode
Protect your Veeam backups from ransomware with simple, immutable, and fast protection built on FlashArray//C.
Feb 25, 20214 min read
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Automate FlashArray Snapshot Replication to a Secondary Site with Veeam and PowerShell
With Veeam's post-job scripts and FlashArray PowerShell SDK, create storage snapshots on remote FlashArrays with full Veeam integration.
Feb 16, 20217 min read
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Exploring Kubernetes Persistent Storage with the Pure Service Orchestrator CSI Plugin
Deploy the Pure Storage CSI Plugin for Kubernetes and use it to create apps with resilient persistent storage.
Dec 13, 20203 min read
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Considerations when Enabling FlashArray SafeMode with Veeam Backup from Storage Snapshots
If you're using the Pure plug-in for Veeam and are planning on enabling SafeMode for ransomware protection; read this for tips to optimize.
Dec 10, 20205 min read
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Kubernetes Cluster Setup with Kubeadm
Step-by-Step - Install a 4 node Kubernetes cluster on vSphere with Kubeadm.
Dec 9, 20206 min read
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FlashArray//C - A Fast, Dense, and Secure Veeam Ready Repository
Ready to improve your Veeam backups with capacity optimized flash from Pure Storage? I'll show you how.
Dec 7, 20205 min read
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Recover Fast, Thwart Ransomware, and Power DataLabs with Capacity Optimized FlashArray//C and Veeam
Capacity optimized flash from Pure Storage challenges you to rethink data recovery.
Dec 2, 20206 min read
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Quick Note - The Great Debate on The Pure Report
In the latest #PureReport
Andrew Miller and I take on a few of tech's hotly debated topics, buzz words, and... cake?
Nov 26, 20201 min read
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Configuring Ubuntu 20.04 Host for iSCSI with FlashArray
In this post I'll go step-by-step in provisioning a Pure Storage FlashArray iSCSI volume in Ubuntu Linux 20.04.
Nov 25, 20202 min read
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Use Pure Storage® FlashArray™ Snapshots with Veeam® for Faster Backups and Improved RPOs
Reduce the impact of Veeam backup activities and improve RPOs by leveraging the Pure plug-in for Veeam and backup from FlashArray snapshots.
Nov 3, 20204 min read
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Use your vSphere HomeLab to help fight Coronavirus
Use your vSphere #HomeLab to help with COVID-19 research.
Aug 22, 20202 min read
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My conversation with Rob Ludeman on The Pure Report.
Hear my conversation with Rob Ludeman, host of The Pure Report podcast where we catch up on beer, modern data protection, and what is a PSE.
Aug 12, 20201 min read
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Setting up the Pure Storage® plug-in for Veeam® Backup and Replication™
In this brief video I'll walk you through the process of installing the Pure Storage plug-in for Veeam and show some of the basic functions.
Jul 12, 20201 min read
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Pure and Veeam, better together.
JD Wallace with Pure Storage and Zane Allyn with Veeam Software discuss what makes these two companies such great partners and how together.
Jun 4, 20201 min read
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