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May 2024

Pure1 Updates

  • Sustainability Assessments – CO2 Cost Calculator
    • The Sustainability Assessment is enhanced with metrics for the cost of carbon emissions, based on annually consumed power and given energy mix. Cost per Kg CO2 can be specified, which multiplied with non-renewable carbon, gives the total cost of direct carbon emissions.

April 2024

Pure1 Updates

  • Data Protection – Object Exclusion Rules
    • Exclusion rules provide a mechanism to exclude predefined objects from the Data Protection Assessment to avoid any test volume or directory to skew the results. A set of default rules are applied. The rules can be previewed and modified.

Blog Posts

A New Power-up for Data Resilience: A Guide to Object-level Exclusions blog

March 2024

Pure1 Updates

  • Pure Protect™ //DRaaS version 1.1 – New Features and Enhancements
    • The latest update removes the 5TB upper limit on the size of VMs for protection and failover jobs, although this limit still applies to failback. The protection job monitoring window now visually displays progress bars for local and replicated VM snapshot copies. VMware tags can be used to find and auto-enroll VMs into protection groups. A new Reports tab offers summaries of protection jobs and RTO summaries, detailing failover speeds and execution times per VM. Enhancements include an upgrade to the latest AWS EC2 instance type for better failover performance and improved search capabilities during initial DRaaS deployment. Additional improvements include direct download links for failback OVA packages and a more understandable Protection Group Start Time tooltip.
  • Edge Gateway Update
    • This release enhances the detection of stale Edge Gateway connections, ensuring more reliable operations. It also resolves a reconnection issue with the PES Messaging Service, improving the system’s resilience during resubscriptions. Security is strengthened with improved message ID generation. Additionally, error handling in communication with the PES Messaging Service is now more robust, enhancing overall observability and reliability.
  • New Planner Improvements: Enhanced Simulated Load Projections
    • The Pure1 Manage Planner has improved functionality to predict the resulting load when workload migrations between appliances are simulated. Workloads are now predicated by aggregating workloads in our load prediction engine. This improved process produces more predictable and accurate results.

Blog posts

Introducing Pure Protect //DRaaS 1.1 blog

February 2024

Pure1 Updates

  • Pure1 Mobile App Refresh
    • Signing in to the mobile app is now easier and even more secure using biometric authentication. Once signed in, manage SafeMode™ multi-party approvals via TOTP authentication, view tailored recommendations for appliances, and access the latest videos to stay up to date with Pure Storage news. Changes made to the mobile app increase readability and usability for all users.
  • Sustainability Executive Summary Report
    • The Sustainability Executive Summary Report PDF provides executive summary information about data center sustainability, such as power efficiency, projected savings, and direct carbon footprint.

Blog Posts

  • New Pure1 Mobile App Features Enhance Security and Storage Optimization blog

January 2024

Pure1 Updates

  • New Planner Improvements: Improved Load Projection and Cloned Array Fixes
    • When cloning an existing array, the net-new array will have a consistent load projection with the initial cloned array. Additionally, users gain the ability to clone arrays with SAS data packs. With this improvement the cloned array will be able to select orderable net-new FlashArray™ configurations that are closest to the source array.
  • New Software Lifecycle Feature: ActiveCluster-synced Self-service Upgrades
    • Self-service upgrades (SSUs) and security updates can now be performed via the Software Lifecycle page on arrays that are synced with ActiveCluster™. Both synced arrays will be upgraded to the same Purity version. Performing an SSU on ActiveCluster arrays follows the same process as for individual arrays. Purity SSUs are available in versions 6.2.10 and later (except 6.3.0).
  • New Invoice Reporting Support
    • This provides partners detailed information about open or partially paid invoices that were issued in the past 12 months for effective invoice management of Evergreen//One™ subscriptions. Users can filter by purchase order, invoice number, or customer name. Reports can also be generated for open or partially paid invoices issued within a specific time period. 

Videos

New Software Lifecycle Feature: ActiveCluster-synced Self-service Upgrade

Pure1 Purity Optimizations for FlashBlade

Pure1 Purity Optimizations for FlashArray

December 2023

Pure1 Updates

  • DRR Anomaly Detection Now Identifies Last Good Snapshots
    • The DRR Anomaly Detection feature (login required) helps identify candidates for data recovery by revealing the last good snapshots taken before the start of an anomaly. This capability is crucial for minimizing data loss and ensuring a swift recovery from ransomware attacks or other data-compromising incidents.

November 2023

Pure1 Updates

  • Pure1 Data Protection Upgrade: Resiliency Score Metrics Extend to FlashBlade
    • At the core of the Pure1 Data Protection Upgrade is the introduction of Resiliency Scoring within the Pure1 Manage – Assessment dashboard. Resiliency Score (login required) and metrics can be seen for FlashBlade® appliances using SafeMode, replication, object versioning, or object lock. This feature offers a high-level indicator of the data protection features currently in use across a fleet of FlashArray appliances. By adhering to leading practices for configuration, the Resiliency Score aids organizations in ensuring that their data protection measures are not just implemented but also optimized for maximum effectiveness.
  • New Evergreen//Flex Subscription Support
    • Evergreen//Flex™ is a flexible ownership subscription that marries the features of a traditional storage purchase with a volume-based software license, support, and maintenance subscription. Unlike conventional models, where hardware is purchased and maintained separately, Evergreen//Flex allows users to pay for only the storage they use, ensuring a cost-effective and scalable solution for businesses of all sizes. In Pure1, users can keep track of Evergreen//Flex subscriptions (login required) through a seamless and easy-to-navigate dashboard. Assess and monitor all elements of your subscription licenses in one place.

Videos

FlashBlade Storage Professional 2.1 Monitoring Pure1

 

Pure1 Volume Cap Metrics Feature for Partners

 

October 2023

Pure1 Updates

  • New Sustainability Feature
    • Compare your energy efficiency with similar organizations. Peer Based Energy Efficiency Comparison (login required) provides visibility into your power efficiency profile relative to other organizations with a similar array type, load profile, and usable capacity. This tool provides insights into carbon emissions, power utilization, and efficiency to help organizations meet their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals. Users can compare their energy efficiency with similar organizations, providing clear and actionable insight into how they stack up against their peers in terms of power efficiency. Metrics such as array type, load profile, and usable capacity offer a tailored assessment with granularity to ensure that users can maximize their license utilization, avoid unnecessary expenses, and focus on leveraging their data to drive business success.
  • Pure1 Analytics Upgrade
    • The Pure1 Analytics Upgrade encompasses a range of enhancements designed to streamline operations, improve troubleshooting, and extend performance metrics to FlashBlade appliances. Features of the Analytics Upgrade include:
      • Visual Troubleshooting with VM Analytics
      • IPv6 Support and Enhanced Logging
      • Comprehensive Support for Datastores—including VMFS, vVols, vSAN, and NFS
      • Performance Metrics Extension to FlashBlade. For more information on performance metrics, see the Pure1 Manage – Performance article or the Array Load Statistics Quick Reference Guide (login required for both).

Blog Posts

  • Elevate Your ESG Game with Pure1 blog
  • Upgrade to Purity//FA 6.5.0 Yourself through Pure1 blog
  • Pure1 Assets: Simplified Inventory Management blog

September 2023

Pure1 Updates

  • New Data Protection Feature
    • The Pure1 Manage – Assessment dashboard (login required) now features Resiliency Score, providing a high-level indicator on protection features in use within your fleet of FlashArray appliances. Data resiliency scoring works hand in hand with the Data Protection Assessment, which is all about following leading practices for configuration of these features.
  • Improvements to License Utilization Tab
    • The License Utilization tab now includes an updated graphical view for license and appliance actual and calculated data. You can now follow the usage of each individual appliance per selected license.
  • Pure1 User Security Upgrade
    • The Pure1 User Security Upgrade is a significant enhancement designed to bolster the security framework for Pure Storage users, ensuring that their data remains protected against the increasingly sophisticated threats in today’s digital world.
  • Enhanced Security with TOTP-based Two-step Authentication
    • The Pure1 User Security Upgrade introduces TOTP (Time-Based One-Time Password) two-step authentication, a security protocol that adds an extra layer of protection to the user authentication process. This method requires users to provide a second piece of evidence (a temporary code generated by their mobile device) along with their password when logging in. This dual-factor authentication ensures that even if a password is compromised, unauthorized access is still prevented unless the second factor is also present.
  • Mobile App Refresh: Security Meets Usability
    • The Pure1 Mobile App has undergone a significant refresh, incorporating biometric authentication alongside TOTP authentication for SafeMode multi-party approvals. This update enhances security and improves usability and readability. 

August 2023

Pure1 Updates

  • New Planner Feature: End of Life Alerts
    • In the world of IT infrastructure, being caught off guard by hardware reaching its end of life (EOL) can lead to critical challenges, including potential data loss, security vulnerabilities, and operational downtime. Proactive planning for hardware EOL is not just a matter of operational efficiency; it’s a cornerstone of strategic IT management. 
    • This innovative new feature in Pure1 Manage significantly enhances the user experience and proactive planning capabilities. By integrating End of Life Alerts directly into the Pure1 Manage interface, Pure Storage provides users with a clear and immediate understanding of which arrays or subscriptions are approaching EOL. This feature is designed to enhance user awareness and facilitate informed decision-making regarding hardware that is nearing its operational sunset.
    • Key benefits and user experience improvements:
      • Enhanced visibility
      • UX improvements
      • Proactive planning
      • Streamlined operations

July 2023

Pure1 Updates

  • Pure1 Mobile App
      • Redesigned the Pure1 Mobile Application with enhanced visibility of storage performance, capacity, and system health. IT managers can monitor key metrics, receive real-time alerts and notifications, as well as gain insights to optimize their storage infrastructure. Key features available in the app include fleet-wide visibility, performance and utilization of appliances, a centralized health management section, and a simplified case management feature.
  • Enhanced SafeMode Management
      • With the Enhanced SafeMode Management, we are introducing a new multi-party approval process in Pure1 for customers who wish to implement changes to their SafeMode configurations. This eliminates the need for two approvers to be on the phone with support and instead can approve these changes within Pure1 provided they have been granted the SafeMode Approver role.
  • FlashArray //XR4 and //CR4 support in Planner
      • The Pure1 Planner now supports //XR4 and //CR4 FlashArray models for new deployments, upgrades, and expansions.
  • FlashBlade//E support in Planner
    • The Pure1 Planner now supports FlashBlade//E for greenfield deployments.

Blog Posts

Simplified Data Protection through Enhanced SafeMode Management blog

Announcing the Newly Redesigned Pure1 Mobile App blog

Videos

Digital Bytes: Enhanced SafeMode Management with Pure1®

Digital Bytes: Into the Wild With the New Pure1® Mobile App

June 2023

Pure1 Updates

  • Policy Driven Recommendations
    • Policy-driven recommendations (PDR)  enhances the Self Service Upgrade feature by allowing you to choose a policy for your specific business needs. PDR provides recommendations to schedule the frequency by which upgrades should be installed on any given appliance or fleet of appliances.
  • Appliance Genealogy
    • Appliance Genealogy provides a comprehensive view of Evergreen//One and Evergreen//Forever & //Foundation (which includes appliance installation, hardware optimizations, and software upgrades). The new dashboard provides the ability to follow changes to the appliance throughout its lifetime over quarterly or yearly milestones.
  • End of Life Recommendation Support
    • Alerts and indicators have been added to make it easier to know if hardware in your fleet is going to end of life soon. Specifically, an end of life section has been added to the overview page, end of life hardware recommendations now include distinct visual elements, and an indication has been added to the Pure1 side menu that shows the number of arrays that are going end of life soon. Additionally, a new report template has been added: Appliances End of Life (EOL).

May 2023

Pure1 Updates

  • DRR Anomaly Detection
    • To help mitigate potential consequences from malicious acts, Anomaly Detection monitors storage metrics over time to identify anomalous behavior in your storage environment. In this version, sudden changes to the Data Reduction Ratio (DRR) metrics are monitored.

Blog Post

Look Out for Anomalous Drops in Data Reduction Ratios on Your Appliances blog

Video

April 2023

Pure1 Updates

  • Self-service authentication registration, released on April 12, 2023:
    • In addition to the standard account credentials for Pure1 access, step-up authentication is being facilitated through your mobile device’s text/SMS to ensure all operations to your FlashArray™ appliances are performed only by fully authorized individuals.
    • Authentication registration now uses a self-service model. Register your phone number by updating your user profile for step-up authentication. Pure Technical Services is no longer required to complete the registration process.
  • Subscriptions page refresh, released on April 12, 2023:
    • The subscription page has a new look and feel for Evergreen//One™ subscriptions! It has all the same functionality but now with a more intuitive design for a better user experience. We’ve also added energy efficiency/power usage metrics. At a glance, you can view subscription statuses and determine what requires your attention, plus review details on individual license usage.

Blog Post

Pure’s Holistic Approach to Storage Subscription Management blog

March 2023

Pure1 Updates

  • Performance analytics: Pure Fusion™ performance metrics, released on March 14, 2023:
      • Pure Fusion metrics are now available on the Pure1 Performance page. Now for Pure Fusion objects, you can view metrics for latency, IOPS, and bandwidth for tenants, tenant spaces, availability zones, arrays, placement groups, and volumes. Pure Fusion is a platform that delivers storage-as-code for a self-service cloud operating model.
  • Workload planning: Support for simulating upgrades from FlashArray//X™ to FlashArray//XL™, released on March 7, 2023:
      • The Workload Planner now supports creating upgrade simulations from //X to //XL models. This enables you to determine if the more powerful and higher capacity //XL models are suitable for current or simulated workloads.
  • Workload planning: Reserved license-level expansion projections, released on March 7, 2023:
    • The Workload Planner now supports creating reserved license-level expansion simulations for Evergreen//One subscription appliances. This enables you to better understand the impact of a license expansion and as required, request a quote.

Videos

Digital Bytes: Pure1 and hot wings – Spicing up your Pure data resiliency

Digital Bytes: Are you ready for FlashArray//XL™?

Blog Post

How Secure Is Your Pure Storage Array? blog

February 2023

Pure1 Updates

  • Software lifecycle Purity upgrades: Bulk actions now available for scheduling and health checks, released on February 27, 2023:
      • Bulk actions are now available when processing appliances for Purity software upgrades. These actions include the scheduling of multiple appliances for an assisted upgrade and running health checks. In addition to these features, a number of UI updates have been made to improve and simplify the customer experience.
  • Audit log: New cloud audit log, released on February 10, 2023:
    • Audit logs (Messages > Audit Log) are now available for cloud services, such as Pure Fusion, in addition to appliance logs. The new Cloud Audit Log displays all operations through the Pure Fusion Control Plane that are running in the cloud. The Cloud Audit Log is only available if you’ve subscribed to Pure Fusion.

January 2023

Pure1 Updates

  • Pure1 Edge Service: Now supports Pure Cloud Block Store™ arrays, released on January 31, 2023:
      • With a minimum version of Purity//FA 6.3.7, Pure1 Edge Service now supports Pure Cloud Block Store arrays.
  • Support cases: New product fields available on the open support cases dialog, released on January 18, 2023:
      • In an effort to streamline the process, the dialog to open support cases has been redesigned. You can now be more specific in the assignment of new cases. This helps in the routing of the ticket through Pure Technical Services and ultimately creates a more efficient and timely operation.
  • Workload planning: Curated recommendations, released on January 13, 2023:
      • Pure system engineers can now create custom recommendations for adding data packs and upgrading controller hardware. Leveraging simulations they run for your fleet using the Workload Planning tool, these customized offerings are built on the technical skills of a dedicated Pure system engineer, their knowledge of your setup, workloads, and previous conversations. Curated recommendations provide a hand-crafted solution to the challenges facing your fleet. These are displayed on the Marketplace > Catalog page with standard recommendations generated by Pure1 Meta® model predictions. An icon on the card differentiates these curated recommendations to indicate they were manually created by an individual.
  • Pure1 Marketplace: Evergreen//Flex™ quote request available for FlashBlade®, released on January 13, 2023:
      • Evergreen//Flex is now available for FlashBlade from Pure1 Marketplace > Catalog. With this new enhancement, you can request a quote for an Evergreen//Flex subscription for a FlashBlade system. Within the same quote request, you can associate multiple license types and controller types. You can also request a specific reserved capacity for each license.
  • Workload planning: Effective Used Capacity (EUC) projections now available for subscription appliances, released on January 12, 2023:
      • Using the planning tool, you can now run workload simulations for your subscription (Pure as-a-Service™) appliances and view Effective Used Capacity (EUC) projections. This metric provides another important value to more clearly evaluate the impact of workload changes on the capacity of your appliance. Note, currently these metrics are not available for a CAPEX (ownership) to PaaS (subscription) workload migration simulation. 
  • Pure Fusion: Rebalance recommendations from the Workload Planner, released on January 6, 2023:
    • With this enhancement, when rebalancing, Pure Fusion now leverages the power of the Workload Planner to make optimal target array placement recommendations with the option to initiate the workload migration. Manual placement is also still available.

Videos

Digital Bytes: Perform your own FlashArray upgrades

Digital Bytes: Efficiency SLA for your STaaS

Blog Post

Upgrade Your Own FlashArray™ with Pure1 blog

This blog was coauthored by Dushyant Raichur and Matt Bradford.