Unveiling the first fully-managed block Storage-as-a-Service
(STaaS) offering for Azure VMware Solution, Pure Storage platform
reduces complexity of cloud VMware migration for global
customers
SANTA
CLARA, Calif., Nov. 4, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Pure Storage® (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer
that delivers the world's most advanced data storage technology and
services, today announced Pure Storage Cloud for Microsoft Azure
VMware Solution (AVS), a new fully managed block
storage-as-a-service (STaaS) offering available for AVS. This new
solution, soon to be in preview, will be offered as an Azure Native
integration.
The Azure Native Integrations Pure Storage service provides
customers with a seamless management and deployment experience
across both the Azure Portal and their Pure Storage environment,
with the ability to use services against their existing Microsoft
Azure Consumption Commitments (MACC). The first service that will
be made available is a fully managed service for AVS to remove
storage infrastructure barriers for enterprise customers migrating
VMware workloads to the cloud.
Industry Significance:
Enterprises migrating their on-premises VMware environments to
AVS can face challenges due to storage costs and complexity. Today,
there is no data storage option in the cloud that perfectly mirrors
existing on-premises setups, and organizations risk refactoring
their infrastructure to make the transition. Storage-intensive
workloads call for a storage architecture that can scale storage
independently from compute nodes to employ those resources most
effectively. Enterprises benefit from options to scale compute and
storage separately to avoid paying for excess compute and
storage.
Pure Storage Cloud for AVS supports seamless migrations,
optimizes costs, and simplifies management by decoupling storage
and compute. Pure Storage's fully-managed service provides an
external storage option for enterprises to migrate storage volumes
and VMs, providing the same block storage experience to power cloud
VMware environments that Pure Storage customers rely on today with
on-premises enterprise-grade storage.
News Highlights:
With the Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution,
enterprise customers can now seamlessly migrate scaled VMware
workloads to AVS. Benefits include:
- Seamless Migration of VMware Workloads to the Cloud:
Enterprises can migrate storage-heavy, on-premises VMware workloads
to the Azure cloud. This service is the first to bring support for
VMware vSphere® Storage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) and
VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVols) to Azure VMware Solution to
enable communication between VMware vSphere hosts and storage
devices while relying on the same protocols across on-premises and
cloud storage. Data can live where it's needed most while
optimizing for performance, availability, and cost.
- Improved Cost Efficiencies to Drive Innovation:
Enterprises can now optimize and streamline cloud storage to
realize savings that can be reallocated to innovation to grow their
business. The Pure Storage platform enables customers to manage
cloud storage costs and decrease TCO for AVS with a premium storage
service that eliminates unnecessary compute resources, while
gaining budget predictability. In fact, customers can save up to
40% on their Azure VMware Solution costs when using Pure Storage
Cloud for Azure VMware Solution.
- Enterprise-Grade Data Resilience: Organizations gain
enterprise-class security and data protection in the cloud, far
exceeding the basic security features available today. With Pure
Storage Cloud for AVS, data protection comes built-in with
industry-leading Pure Storage SafeMode™ Snapshots. As a result, if
an organization experiences data loss in their AVS environment,
Pure Storage platform enables systems to be back up-and-running in
minutes instead of hours or days without losing data.
- Reduced Storage Complexity: With a fully-managed storage
service that decouples compute and storage, the Pure Storage
platform helps customers reduce complexity and eliminate the
overhead of managing their storage. Leveraging the Pure Storage
platform on-premises and in the cloud, organizations create a
seamless hybrid data plane and optimize cost of moving data to meet
the changing demands of applications. IT teams can centrally manage
their storage, monitor usage, and take control of their
infrastructure without the operational headaches of siloed
data.
Executive Insight:
"Enterprises have struggled for years with the inefficiencies
and high costs tied to migrating VMware workloads to the cloud.
Pure Storage Cloud for Microsoft Azure VMware Solution eliminates
these obstacles by providing seamless, scalable storage
as-a-service that scales efficiently and independently with
business needs. With Microsoft, we're committed to helping
customers unlock the full potential of their Azure cloud journey,
while optimizing costs and maintaining the enterprise-grade
resilience they expect." – Shawn
Hansen, GM, Core Platform, Pure Storage
"We're pleased to see Pure Storage's integration with Microsoft
Azure Native service. Through this collaboration, Pure and
Microsoft can better serve customer needs by enabling them to
provision, use and manage Pure Storage on Azure just like other
Azure services . With this integrated offering, Pure and Microsoft
are helping customers to quickly leverage Pure's enterprise-grade
storage with Azure cloud services securely to open up a whole new
set of possibilities for customers bringing enterprise-scale
environments to the cloud. Together, Pure and Microsoft are helping
customers save time and operational overhead while driving
innovation." - Scott Hunter, VP,
Microsoft Developer Division
"We're excited about the transformative potential of the new
Pure Storage Cloud on Microsoft Azure VMware Solution that we
recently previewed with Pure Storage. By leveraging Pure's advanced
deduplication and compression capabilities compared to our current
process, we anticipate significant savings in our Azure storage
costs. This efficiency will allow us to allocate our resources more
wisely and invest in other strategic areas of the credit union. The
fully-managed service provides us the opportunity to concentrate
more on innovation and less on operational complexities."
- Joe Ervolino, IT
Infrastructure Manager, Dupaco Community Credit Union
"The new Pure Storage Service on Microsoft Azure VMware Solution
has been instrumental to Insight's AVS deployment. By
separating storage from compute, this solution enables more
efficient utilization of our AVS infrastructure, resulting in
better optimization of our cloud resources. The additional storage
options are seamlessly managed within the same familiar Pure
Storage tools, allowing our teams to oversee both on-prem and cloud
storage in one place." - Shana
Meyers, Director of IT, Insight
"The new Pure Storage Cloud on Microsoft Azure VMware Solution
will significantly simplify our joint customers' cloud strategies
while alleviating operational burdens. Now they can transition
their VMware workloads to the cloud smoothly, enjoying the same
robust, on-prem storage capabilities they rely on, while also
reducing costs. It's an exciting step forward that empowers
customers to invest more in the future of their businesses and less
in management." - Raphael
Meyerowitz, Partner Go to Market VP, Presidio
About Pure Storage
Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) delivers the industry's most advanced
data storage platform to store, manage, and protect the world's
data at any scale. With Pure Storage, organizations have ultimate
simplicity and flexibility, saving time, money, and energy. From AI
to archive, Pure Storage delivers a cloud experience with one
unified Storage as-a-Service platform across on premises, cloud,
and hosted environments. Our platform is built on our
Evergreen® architecture that evolves with your business
– always getting newer and better with zero planned downtime,
guaranteed. Our customers are actively increasing their capacity
and processing power while significantly reducing their carbon and
energy footprint. It's easy to fall in love with Pure Storage, as
evidenced by the highest Net Promoter Score in the industry. For
more information, visit www.purestorage.com.
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Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage
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Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for File & Object
Storage Platforms
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