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Pure1 Release Highlights

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Pure1 Release Highlights
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Below, find regular updates on each Pure1® release (login required). Discover content related to each release, including the latest software updates, videos, blog posts, and more. Be sure to bookmark this page to access the newest information on Pure1!

May 2026 Pure1 Updates

  • Enhanced License-Level Metrics
    • Manage your subscriptions more effectively with integrated license-level metrics for Evergreen//One. Easily track SLA performance, distinguish physical versus effective capacity, and view detailed breakdowns of your End-User Capacity (EUC).
  • Fleet-Level Topology View
    • Gain a comprehensive, single-pane-of-glass view of your global Fusion environment. Appliances are logically grouped by location with color-coded indicators to help you instantly spot health and capacity hotspots.
  • Automated Self-Service Upgrades
    • Keep your storage fleet current with a fast, completely flexible automated upgrade experience. Bring your entire fleet up to date in just about 90 minutes and 6 clicks, with options to set mandatory pauses or run the process hands-free.
  • Detailed BOM Visibility
    • Get a clear, comprehensive view of your hardware Bills of Materials (BOM) directly within Pure1® to simplify your inventory tracking and operational planning.
  • Installation Readiness Form
    • Streamline your deployment preparation with a new Installation Readiness form available directly in Pure1, ensuring your site requirements are perfectly prepped and verified before new installation engineer arrives.
  • Self-Service Renewals
    • Streamline your purchasing experience with a fully digital, end-to-end renewal workflow. Access quotes, submit purchase orders, and track your renewal status instantly without manual handoffs or endless email threads.
  • Self-Service Contact Management in Skyline
    • Account teams can now independently manage operational contacts in Skyline. Assign primary points of contact and set granular alerts to ensure the right people are instantly notified during critical events.

April 2026 Pure1 Updates

  • Fleet Administration for Fusion
    • Simplify your Pure Fusion setup. The new Fleet Administration page provides an instant inventory of your arrays and clear visibility into the requirements needed to join a Fusion fleet directly from Purity.
  • FlashBlade//S Capacity Expansion Planning
    • Simulate larger capacity expansions with new DirectFlash Module (DFM) sizes in Pure1 Planner. You can now model 18.6TB DFMs for FlashBlade//S100 and massive 150TB or 300TB DFMs for FlashBlade//SR2.
  • A Fresh New Look for Pure1
    • As Pure Storage evolves into Everpure, Pure1 has been updated with a fresh, modern visual aesthetic while keeping all the powerful resources you rely on right where you need them.
  • Expanded AI Copilot Capabilities
    • Pure AI Copilot is smarter than ever. New conversational capabilities allow you to instantly troubleshoot file performance, assess virtual machine bottlenecks, and accelerate the triage of critical alerts.
  • Sustainability Assessment LCA Updates
    • Align your environmental reporting with the latest Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodologies to highly accurately track total lifetime emissions, from upstream manufacturing to downstream end-of-life treatments.
  • Secure File Management for Support
    • Streamline troubleshooting with direct, secure file uploads and downloads. This replaces legacy SFTP, allowing offline or dark site environments to securely transfer case files via time-limited, presigned URLs.
  • Login Anomaly Detection
    • Visualize and track suspicious authentication behaviors across your fleet. Instantly spot failed login bursts and monitor for unusual IP addresses to flag brute-force attacks or potential insider threats.

March 2026 Pure1 Updates

  • Expanded Planner Support
    • Pure1 Manage Planning now officially supports FlashArray//XL190R5 appliances, ensuring you can accurately model capacity and forecast hardware expansions for your most demanding workloads.
  • Pure1 Manage MCP Server
    • Give your AI agents secure, standardized access to Pure1 infrastructure intelligence. The new Model Context Protocol (MCP) server exposes Pure1 REST APIs as tools, allowing AI assistants to query live telemetry without custom integration code.
  • Data Intelligence
    • Reduce troubleshooting time and strengthen your security posture. The Data Intelligence page reveals exactly which apps are running where, how they consume capacity, and how effectively they are protected across your entire Everpure fleet.
  • Per-Protocol Performance Analytics
    • Quickly pinpoint workload bottlenecks with granular per-protocol performance metrics, now available for FlashArray directly within your centralized Performance dashboard.
  • Object Store Capacity Analytics
    • Gain granular visibility into your FlashArray object storage. Easily analyze and compare virtual usage, physical capacity, and deduplication metrics at both the account and bucket levels.

February 2026 Pure1 Updates

  • Evergreen//One Service Metrics
    • Fleet Appliance views have been upgraded to provide service-specific data tailored for Evergreen//One subscriptions. Easily monitor and manage performance and capacity metrics mapped directly to your Evergreen//One SLAs.
  • Workflow Orchestration Enhancements
    • Streamline your security and disaster recovery automation with the newly released Pure Protect Connector and the CrowdStrike Threat Detection Template.

January 2026 Pure1 Updates

  • File Workload Simulation
    • Take the guesswork out of capacity planning with file workload simulation for FlashArray. Pure1’s Planner now allows you to model both NFS/SMB file workloads and block workloads in one place, enabling comprehensive “what-if” sizing across your entire fleet.
  • Proactive Recommendations Hub
    • Optimize your storage investments with the new Recommendations Hub. Machine learning-driven insights automatically forecast capacity trends and system load to recommend timely datapack additions and controller hardware upgrades before utilization peaks.
  • Workflow Orchestration Templates
    • Accelerate your automation strategy with new pre-built releases, including the Rubrik Cyber Resilience Visibility Workflows Template and the Scheduled Metrics Array Report Template.

December 2025 Pure1 Updates

  • Workflow Orchestration Recipe Templates
    • Accelerate your automation with pre-built Pure1 Workflow Orchestration templates. Starting with the Scheduled Array Metrics Report, these templates make it easy to adopt best practices. We’ve also introduced new Connectors for Pure1 and Pure Fusion, enabling seamless orchestration of telemetry, asset management, and resource provisioning directly within your workflows.
  • Evergreen//One for Medical Imaging (EMI)
    • Align your storage costs with real-world healthcare workflows using our new EMI service tier. Designed specifically for PACS and VNA workloads, this two-dimensional consumption model combines per-study usage with per-TiB capacity for highly transparent, workload-appropriate billing.
  • Streamlined Installation Scheduling 
    • Manage your new arrays with ease through our enhanced self-service installation scheduling. You can now schedule or cancel installations at the location level, view return obligations for eligible upgrades, and download Purity bundles or essential reports directly from a unified interface.

November 2025 Pure1 Updates

  • Enhanced VM Analytics
    • We’ve extended historical metrics in Pure1 from 7 days to 30 days, giving you a deeper look into long-term performance trends. You can also now manage Collector Access via Pure IAM, utilize a per-VM collector drop-down, and scale your environment with an increased 10-collector-per-org limit.

October 2025 Pure1 Updates

  • New Support Center Experience
    • Get help faster with our entirely revamped Support Center. Featuring Ask Copilot and Case Assist AI, the new interface consolidates case management and self-service, allowing you to create, monitor, escalate, and communicate about cases through an intuitive, conversational AI interface.

September 2025 Pure1 Updates

  • Pure IAM: Resource Groups
    • Simplify access control across arrays, services, and teams with logical containers that group infrastructure resources like FlashArray™ systems, FlashBlade® systems, and Pure Protect® //DRaaS. Assign access at the organization or group level for consistent, scalable control—moving beyond the limitations of views. Manage multi-product, multi-org environments effortlessly and lay the foundation for secure, company-wide collaboration in Pure1.
  • Self-service Installation Scheduling
    • For a truly self-service installation experience, users can now provide their scheduling availability and preferences, validate installation location, and update installation location. They can also request rescheduling and cancellations—all from Pure1. 
  • Pure Fusion Fleet Context
    • Users can now unify and manage their Pure Fusion-connected arrays directly within Pure1. Instantly identify Pure Fusion™ arrays with new visual cues on the Appliance page, gain fleet-level visibility using the new “Fleet” filter in the Global Filter Bar, and seamlessly assess, manage, and upgrade fleet members—all from a single, unified Pure1 experience.
  • Pure Storage AI Copilot Keeps Getting Better
    • Pure Storage AI Copilot just got smarter, faster, and more connected. Users can now stay ahead with instant access to alerts, explore deeper insights with contextual follow-up questions, and uncover root causes and recommendations effortlessly. Plus, with Portworx® Agent integration, AI Copilot now brings unified visibility into Kubernetes storage insights—all within the same intuitive experience.
  • AI Copilot-powered Support Center Case Deflection
    • Accelerate resolutions with AI-driven assistance that intelligently anticipates and recommends solutions even before a case is created. Receive contextual insights tailored to your environment, empowering users with self-service resolutions while reducing support load and improving response efficiency. 
  • Purity Package Download Link from Pure1
    • Simplify activation with one-click access to your Purity software. Users can now download the required Purity package directly from the Orders page in Pure1—no coordination needed. This ensures the setup team has the correct software version from the start, enabling faster, smoother, and more secure array installations.
  • Pure Protect 2.6.0
    • Experience next-gen resilience and automation with deep VMware integration. Streamline recovery with automatic IP remapping, ensure seamless VMware-to-VMware failback for continuous operations, and unlock peak performance through enhanced FlashArray support for vVols and VMFS.

August 2025 Pure1 Updates

  • Pure Protect® Recovery Zones
    • Automate cyber recovery with secure isolated recovery environments (SIREs) that can be rapidly provisioned after an attack. Recovery Zones create virtual clean rooms with compute, networking, and storage for safe remediation and restoration of critical applications. They also enable non-disruptive testing and validation of data recovery processes—minimizing staff effort and ensuring faster, more confident recoveries.
  • Pure Protect Community Edition
    • Experience centralized, automated VMware data protection across hybrid and multi-cloud environments with a free license for smaller setups. Easily integrate without infrastructure changes and safeguard your workloads with enterprise-grade cyber recovery capabilities. Start protecting today with a low-cost, low-maintenance solution that scales effortlessly as your environment grows.
  • Self-service Purity Upgrade Enhancements
    • Experience smarter, faster, and more efficient Purity upgrades with enhanced self-service capabilities. Users can now install and upgrade “Upgrade Agents” in bulk directly from the Software Lifecycle page, streamlining upgrade readiness and execution with centralized control and fewer manual steps.
  • Workload Planner Enhancements
    • Plan your storage upgrades with greater intelligence and precision. The enhanced Workload Planner now provides load projections when simulating upgrades to the latest FlashArray//XL™ R5 controllers—ensuring right-sized capacity and performance planning. Users can seamlessly model upgrade paths from FlashArray//X™ to FlashArray//XL R5, with added support for FlashArray//X R4 and FlashArray//C™ R4 arrays using Gen2 chassis. The planner also introduces FlashBlade//S™ R2 simulation support, enabling non-disruptive upgrade forecasts from existing FlashBlade//S appliances.

July 2025 Pure1 Updates

  • Workflow Orchestration in Pure1
    • Simplify automation with the new Orchestration Hub in Pure1. Users can now design and execute storage and IT workflows seamlessly, using pre-built templates for DRaaS, database provisioning, and secure copy automation. With built-in connectors for FlashArray™, FlashBlade®, and Pure Fusion™, Pure1 enables full-stack automation across storage, infrastructure, and cloud environments—all from one place.
  • AI Copilot Integrated in Support Center
    • Users can now get instant, round-the-clock answers to their questions through a natural language chat experience. The feature resolves common queries in real time using trusted knowledge sources and guides users to the right solutions through predefined categories such as “SafeMode,” “Replication,” and “Upgrade.”
  • Universal Credits Dashboard
    • Gain complete visibility and control over your Universal Credits with the new centralized dashboard. Monitor usage, balances, and activations across all Pure Storage services, access real-time insights and expiration alerts, and simplify operations with intuitive tracking and reporting—all in one unified view. 
  • Password Hygiene in Security Assessment
    • Get complete visibility into your organization’s password health with fleet-wide checks for default passwords, complexity enforcement, and compromised credentials. Quickly identify and mitigate risks with actionable insights designed to strengthen your security posture and prevent unauthorized access.
  • Replication Encryption Visibility in Data Protection Assessment
    • Gain confidence in your data-in-transit protection with instant visibility into replication encryption coverage across environments. Identify and close gaps to prevent potential man-in-the-middle vulnerabilities, and strengthen your overall data protection posture with actionable insights—no complex tools or manual checks required.

June 2025 Pure1 Updates

  • Pure IAM: What’s New
    • Simplify enterprise access and security management with the new Pure IAM experience. Users can now switch seamlessly across multiple organizations using a single login, delegate tasks securely with the new Operator role, and reduce IT overhead through unified identity management and strict access controls. 
  • Threat Detection: Multi-dimensional Anomalies 
    • Gain deeper insights with intelligent anomaly detection that correlates multiple system and user behavior dimensions. Detect anomalies across key system metrics, such as DRR, capacity, latency, IOPS, and bandwidth, and monitor unusual user admin actions like mass deletions or disabling snapshots, phone-home, and user accounts—all within Pure1.
  • Log Center Integrations
    • Gain unified observability by integrating Pure Storage logs with your preferred SIEM, including Splunk, Elastic, and Datadog, using the OpenTelemetry standard. Access appliance, audit, and Pure1 Manage logs in one place for complete visibility. With a simple, secure setup and encrypted token handling, admins can enable fleet-wide log streaming in just a few steps.

May 2025 Pure1 Updates

  • Pure Storage AI Copilot is now available to everyone!
    • Pure Storage AI Copilot is now generally available—your intelligent assistant for all things storage management. Instantly access unified insights across dashboards, documentation, and your environment through natural language. From performance troubleshooting and security assessments to sustainability tracking and digital commerce management, Pure Storage AI Copilot empowers you to work smarter, faster, and more sustainably—all in one place.
  • The new Pure Support Center is live!
    • Experience a streamlined way to manage your support interactions. View and track all your open and updated cases, access predictive knowledge base suggestions, and find relevant articles faster. The intuitive new interface, advanced filtering, and in-app documentation make support management more efficient than ever.
  • Visibility of Arrays Not Phoning Home
    • Gain enhanced visibility into your fleet with the ability to view arrays that are not phoning home but remain in support, not decommissioned, and not located in dark sites—all directly from the Appliance page in Pure1.

April 2025 Pure1 Updates

  • Workload Planner Enhancements
    • Plan your storage needs with precision using intelligent load projections now available for FlashBlade//S™ and FlashBlade//E™. These enhancements enable smarter capacity planning, helping you align infrastructure investments with future growth. The update also adds support for FlashBlade//S R2 and FlashArray//XL130 R5, FlashArray//XL170 R5, and FlashArray//RC20 systems. 
  • CVE Visibility in Security Assessment
    • Strengthen your security posture with advanced CVE insights in Pure1. Users can now view critical CVEs affecting their appliances, identify the recommended Purity versions or optimizations for resolution, and evaluate exposure across their entire fleet—all within the Security Assessment in Pure1. 

March 2025 Pure1 Updates

  • Smart Subscription Upgrade Recommendations
    • Accelerate your journey to Evergreen//Forever™ with personalized upgrade recommendations tailored to your current setup. Pure1 now provides a unified view of end of life, end of subscription, and Evergreen//Forever upgrade insights—helping you plan ahead, streamline decisions, and stay continuously innovative.
  • Pure1 Mobile App 2.6.0
    • With Unified Pure1 Mobile Support, you can now access comprehensive help and manage your support needs directly from the Pure1 Mobile App—ensuring a seamless, consistent experience wherever you are.

February 2025 Pure1 Updates

  • Pure Identity and Access Management 2.1
    • Simplify access and security at scale with Pure1. Seamlessly switch between orgs with a single login and delegate tasks safely with the new Operator role. Pure IAM significantly reduces IT overhead, tightens access control, and boosts team efficiency—all from one place. Explore the latest in Pure1 IAM.
  • Log Center
    • Gain smarter security and deeper visibility with Log Center in Pure1. Monitor audit and session activity across your entire fleet in one unified view. Uncover threats faster with AI-powered insights, and extend your monitoring with seamless integrations to tools like Datadog. Centralized, intelligent, and built for scale—explore the new log center in Pure1.
  • Pure Skill Subscriptions in Pure1
    • Stay ahead with Pure Skill Subscriptions in Pure1. Gain instant visibility into your training subscriptions, track expiration dates, and access learning resources—all in one place. Renew with ease, no emails or hassle. It’s never been simpler to manage skills and certifications across your team. Explore Pure Skill Subscriptions in Pure1 today.
  • Workload Planner Enhancements
    • Take the guesswork out of capacity planning with Pure1. Simulate future workloads with expanded model support for FlashBlade//S100, FlashBlade//E, and FlashArray//E. Get smart recommendations to fully utilize existing datapacks before adding more capacity. Pure1 Workload Planning helps you optimize usage, reduce waste, and plan with confidence—all in one intuitive experience. Discover what’s new in capacity optimization.
  • Pure Protect //DRaaS 1.8
    • Boost disaster recovery agility with Pure Protect. Streamline network setup using existing target site configs and tailor failover rules by VM or protection group. Even when some VMs aren’t fully configured, “best effort” failover keeps recovery moving. Plus, recover large VMs up to 16TB with ease using automated OVA splitting and merging. Discover what’s new in Pure Protect//DRaaS 1.8.
  • Bulk Update for EMS Agents
    • Accelerate EMS agent updates with Pure1. Upgrade up to 20 appliances at once—right from the Edge Service dashboard. The new Bulk Update feature slashes update time to under 5 minutes, improves operational efficiency, and keeps your fleet secure and compliant with minimal effort. Discover smarter fleet management in Pure1.
  • VM Topology Report
    • Unlock powerful VM-level insights with the new VM Topology Report in Pure1. Instantly export rich topology data per cluster—no extra tools needed. Tailor exports with your preferred timeframe and metrics (avg/max) to dive deeper into performance trends. With compute, storage, and inventory details all in one file, you get the full picture in a single click. Explore the latest in VM Analytics with Pure1.
  • Volume and Filesystem Capacity Reports
    • Stay ahead of storage growth with Volume and Filesystem Capacity Reports in Pure1. Gain deep, per-array insights into capacity usage, data reduction, and growth trends—perfect for audits, showback, and forecasting. With flexible export options and custom time ranges, tracking storage has never been easier. Try now.

Videos

Pure Storage //Launch Round-Up March 2025 Highlights

Blog

  • Pure//Launch Blog March Edition blog
  • The Pure Identity and Access Management Portal blog

January 2025 Pure1 Updates

  • Anomaly Notifications
    • Stay ahead of threats with Anomaly Notifications in Pure1. Get alerts when suspicious activity is detected across your storage fleet. Proactively investigate issues, reduce response times, and strengthen your security posture with always-on monitoring. Anomaly notifications are now built into Pure1—setup your preferences and schedule. Set up now.
  • One-Click Subscription to All Alerts
    • Stay ahead with smarter alerting in Pure1. Instantly subscribe to all alerts across your fleet with just one click—right from the Notification Center. Customize how and when you’re notified with flexible delivery options. Gain centralized, real-time visibility into your entire environment and never miss a critical update again. Discover now.
  • Self-service Purity Upgrade Enhancements
    • Upgrade smarter and faster with Pure1. Minimize downtime with automated support engagement and a 60-minute SLA during self-service Purity upgrades. Proactively resolve issues with automatic case creation from critical health checks. Plus, empower global teams and partners to upgrade securely with the Operator role—purpose-built for safe access powered by Pure1 IAM. Discover the new era of seamless, secure upgrades in Pure1.

December 2024 Pure1 Updates

  • Unusual Admin Activity Anomalies
    • Introducing powerful new security enhancement in the Pure1 Security Assessment Dashboard. With the addition of Unusual Admin Activity Anomalies, you can now proactively detect suspicious behavior—such as unexpected admin actions or large-scale deletion events—before they turn into serious threats. These new insights help you stay ahead of potential breaches, safeguard critical data, and minimize the risk of operational errors. It’s all about giving you stronger oversight, smarter protection, and greater peace of mind—all from one place. Explore the enhanced security assessment in Pure1.
  • Self-service Upgrade Enhancements
    • We’ve made it even easier to manage your upgrades in Pure1 with powerful new enhancements. You can now re-download expired upgrade bundles without interrupting installation, run unlimited bulk operations to save time and effort, and enjoy expanded compatibility with support for Purity//FA NE (non-encrypted versions). These updates are all about giving you more control, more flexibility, and less friction during your upgrade process. Try now.
  • Workload Planner Enhancements
    • Planning your next workload move? Pure1 just got even better at helping you do it with confidence. Our enhanced workload planning now supports simulations on new and existing //C20 and FlashArray//E Gen2 appliances—complete with accurate controller, data pack, and chassis recognition. Plus, you’ll enjoy more intuitive workload consolidation tools to help you visualize and plan with precision, whether you’re expanding or optimizing your fleet. Smarter planning, stronger decisions—all in Pure1.
  • Enhanced Alerts
    • We’ve added new alerting capabilities in Pure1 to help you stay on top of what matters most. Get focused insights with a quick view of the number of open alerts tied to your selected organization—ensuring visibility into what’s relevant. Plus, a clear severity indicator highlights your most critical alert, so you can assess risk and take action faster than ever. Log in to Pure1 to explore the updates.
  • New Pure1 UX
    • We’re excited to introduce a refreshed Pure1 experience! Enjoy a cleaner, more intuitive interface that simplifies workflows, boosts focus, and helps you get more done, faster. The updated design also sets the stage for future innovations. Log in to Pure1 to explore what’s new.

Videos

Pure Storage //Launch Round-Up January 2025 Highlights

Blog Posts

  • Pure//Launch Blog January Edition blog

November 2024

Pure1 Updates

  • Optimize Storage Spend and Increase Operational Flexibility with Universal Credits
    • Imagine handling IT procurement the way you handle your favorite streaming service: You pay for access now and decide what to consume later. That’s what Universal Credits deliver. With this flexible purchasing model, you can buy a pool of credits upfront that can then be redeemed for various Pure Storage services on demand, as you need them. Whether you need Evergreen//One™ storage as a service, Pure Storage Cloud™, or Portworx® (coming soon), this model dramatically simplifies your IT operations so you can activate services without negotiating new contracts. Universal Credits can be purchased from the Pure1 Catalog page and consumption can be initiated using the Service Activation form. As a bonus, any unused credits can be rolled over through a contract extension, providing both financial flexibility and peace of mind that your investment will continue to deliver value. Try Universal Credits now (Pure1 login required).
  • Streamlined Customer Support with the New Support Center
    • We’re excited to announce some big enhancements in our Pure1 customer support experience. The new Pure Support Center introduces a host of new features designed to make customer support faster, easier, and even more effective than ever before. New centralized case management tools offer a complete view of all your cases, giving you 360-degree visibility into all things support and predictive suggestions and relevant articles from our knowledge base documentation, surfaced during case creation, providing insights and potentially resolving issues without the need to create a case, enabling faster and more efficient issue resolution. Additionally, we also offer in-app documentation viewing abilities to keep context and maintain focus. Check out the Pure Support Center (Pure1 login required).

Blog Posts

  • Universal Credits: Unlock the Flexibility and Cost Efficiency of a Cloud-like Purchasing Experience blog

October 2024 Pure1 Updates

  • Upgrade Faster and Smarter with New Features for Maximum Efficiency
    • Our latest enhancements make upgrades (Pure1 login required) smoother and faster than ever. With the new pause-free installation option, you can choose to bypass the standard pause after the secondary controller upgrade, saving valuable time and keeping your workflow uninterrupted. We’ve also launched universal authentication, so you only need to authenticate once every four hours, even across multiple arrays—reducing clicks, eliminating repetitive steps, and keeping upgrades secure. These features empower you to manage upgrades with minimal effort and maximum control.
  • Evergreen//One Cyber Resilience SLA Report
    • The Cyber Resilience portion of the Evergreen//One™ Cyber Recovery and Resilience SLA provides periodic preventative measures to maximize the security and recoverability of the customer’s service environment. Specifically, it includes quarterly Cyber Resilience reports (Pure1 login required), prepared by Pure Storage and shared and reviewed with the customer directly. For any new areas of concern highlighted in the report, a remediation service driven by Pure Storage security architects can address these issues if the customer chooses to. We’re excited to announce the availability of the quarterly reports in the Reporting section of Pure1. Want to know more about the SLA? Reach out to your CSM/account team today! 
  • Pure1 Mobile App Version 2.3.0 Is Live!
    • Introducing the new Active Replication Monitoring feature, delivering powerful, near real-time visibility into your arrays’ replication health. Now, gain crucial insights into FlashArray™ ActiveCluster™ configuration health, cloud mediator status, and continuous replication lag for both FlashArray ActiveDR™ and FlashBlade® object replication—empowering you to proactively ensure optimal replication performance and resilience.

September 2024 Pure1 Updates

  • Scope 3 Enhancements to the Sustainability Assessment
    • The latest enhancements to our Sustainability Assessment (login required) include comprehensive Scope 3 emissions tracking. Pure Storage customers can now gain unparalleled visibility into the cradle-to-grave CO2 emissions of their data storage appliances. This includes emissions from materials, transportation, assembly and testing, packaging, product use phase, and end-of-life treatment. These enhancements empower customers to make informed decisions about sustainability and carbon footprint management, supporting their regulatory, compliance, and reporting needs. 
  • Pure IAM v1 Is Live!
    • The Pure IAM (Identity and Access Management) [login required] serves as a centralized portal, streamlining the management of user identities and access to resources across various Pure Storage products and tools (Pure1 Manage, Partner Renewal Automation, Skyline, etc.). In v1, we launched App Switcher, a new user interface, and the User Lockin feature. The App Switcher enables seamless transitions between Pure Storage applications like Pure1 Manage, Skyline, and Pure IAM, all within a unified interface. This eliminates the need to log in and out, streamlining workflows and increasing efficiency by allowing quick access to multiple tools from a single platform. The revamped UI simplifies navigation and enhances user experience, providing an intuitive interface for managing access, permissions, and security policies. Its modern design ensures consistency across Pure1 applications, improving overall usability. The User Lockin feature allows administrators to disable user accounts without deleting them, ideal for temporarily restricting access while preserving account history, roles, and permissions. Disabled accounts can be re-enabled anytime, ensuring important data and roles remain intact. Stay tuned for more!
  • PO Upload from Pure1
    • Partners can upload purchase orders directly to renewal quotes in Pure1. This game-changing enhancement streamlines the renewal process, slashes PO verification time, and boosts operational efficiency by minimizing errors.
  • New Object Store Performance Metrics
    • Now, you can view bucket-level performance metrics (latency, IOPS, and bandwidth) and both general metrics and protocol-specific metrics. This enhancement is designed to empower our enterprise customers, particularly those increasingly utilizing object storage, by providing comprehensive fleet-level performance insights through a unified interface. With this new capability, Pure1 sets a higher standard for storage management and operational efficiency across your storage fleet.
  • Scheduling of Assisted Purity Upgrades for FlashBlade appliances
    • With Pure1, staying up to date is easier than ever, allowing you to manage upgrades on your own terms. You can schedule assisted Purity upgrades for FlashBlade® directly within Pure1, allowing you to stay current with the latest versions on your own schedule, without the hassle of calling and opening a support case. This streamlined approach makes it faster and easier for you to keep your FlashBlade fleet up to date, reducing support issues and costs while getting new features sooner.
  • FlashBlade Appliances Supported on Appliance Genealogy
    • The Appliance Genealogy Dashboard in Pure1 now supports FlashBlade appliances, giving you a powerful tool to track historical data and stay ahead of key upcoming events. From installation details to hardware optimizations, software upgrades, renewals, and more, you get a comprehensive view of your appliances and subscriptions throughout their entire lifecycle. With this innovative feature, you can boost operational efficiency, make smarter, proactive decisions, and streamline your infrastructure management like never before. 

Blog Posts

  • Lead the Way in Scope 2 and 3 Carbon Management with Pure1 blog
  • Leave Legacy behind with the Pure Storage Platform blog

August 2024 Pure1 Updates

  • Pure Protect //DRaaS v1.6
    • The Pure Protect™ //DRaaS storage repository has been enhanced to allow the option of operating as a temporary cache during protections. This will significantly reduce the amount of free space required by the edge appliance. 
  • Bandwidth and IOPS Performance Metrics
    • For Evergreen//One™ customers, the Subscriptions page now includes an enhanced Summary tab when a license is selected. Performance metrics around bandwidth and IOPS appear and can be used to assess performance relative to service level agreements.
  • Customer Name Visibility on Orders
    • We’re excited to introduce a new enhancement to the Orders screen for our partner users. A “Customer” column has been added to the table, displaying customer names for each order. The column is sortable, and if a name exceeds 20 characters, it will be truncated with an ellipsis (“…”), with the full name visible on hover. This upgrade brings a new level of clarity and efficiency to your order management, making it easier than ever to navigate and organize customer details. 
  • Renewal Quote Notifications in Pure1
    • We’re excited to announce a new enhancement for our Partners and Distributors! They will now receive qualified, pre-approved quote notifications directly via Pure1, along with the attached quote, streamlining the entire quoting process. Notifications are grouped for recipients, making it easier to manage and track quotes. Additionally, we’ve implemented logic to handle bounced emails, opt-outs, and replies, ensuring seamless communication. This update is designed to improve efficiency and keep partners informed throughout the quoting process, delivering a smoother and more organized experience.

July 2024 Pure1 Updates

  • Pure Protect //DRaaS v1.5
    • Customers can now view alerts and notifications for Pure Protect //DRaaS from the Notification Center in Pure1 Manage. Customers can select from one of three DR Network Mask range options for VPC CIDR ranges, /16, /18, and /22, when setting up a new environment to restrict the number of IP addresses that get allocated and prevent IP address conflicts if there are existing subnet allocations. Separate search bars under column headers in the table that lists VMs have been replaced by a single search bar positioned at the top left of the table. It dynamically updates based on the search parameters, which include VM name, platform, cluster, host, and VM tag.
  • Ever Modern Upgrade Visibility on Subscription Viewer
    • The addition of the Next Ever Modern Upgrade (EMU) Eligibility Date column to the Subscription Viewer provides customers with critical information directly at their fingertips. Customers can also see the action they are required to take to unlock Ever Modern Upgrade.
  • Capacity Simulations on Workload Planner for Existing FlashBlade//S Appliances
    • The Simulate Hardware feature allows FlashBlade//S™ customers to simulate capacity expansions on existing FlashBlade//S appliances. New appliances were already supported. Customers can add drives, blades, or chassis and replace drives with larger ones. They can see capacity projections and request quotes based on simulations as well as save and export simulations for future reference.

Videos

June 2024 Pure1 Updates

  • New Security Assessment
    • Customers can now get a deeper visibility into fleet-level security risks. They can maximize security resilience using scores from 0-5 that reflect security strength across their fleet. They can increase compliance by discovering specific improvements to align with top security standards. Customers can streamline operations by optimizing admin operations for better efficiency and security.
  • Enhanced Anomaly Detection
    • Multiple machine learning models powered by Pure1 Meta® observe and learn from millions of data points returned via telemetry. Behaviors are understood within a normal versus anomalous range, which is based on historical behavior. Various parameters are correlated to identify an anomaly. Upper and lower thresholds are monitored to ensure models can catch micro changes that may add to a bigger anomaly. Anomalies are flagged using metrics such as Data Reduction Ratio, Total Latency Read and Write, Volume Count, and Snapshot Count.
  • Intelligent Expansion Recommendation 
    • Pure1 helps customers avoid on-demand charges. Actionable AI-powered expansion recommendations are shown when license capacity is projected to reach the reserve capacity threshold or when license capacity reaches the on-demand usage threshold (i.e., 100% reserve capacity is used).
  • Quote Management Dashboard
    • The Quote Management dashboard provides an overview of all open, accepted, renewed, and expired renewal quotes for value-added resellers selling Evergreen//Foundation and Evergreen//Forever™. Using the dashboard, you can download, export, request changes to, and/or accept quotes for the subscriptions that power your Pure Storage experience.
  • New Invoice Management Improvements
    • Introducing a one-stop place for Evergreen//One™ partners to view all open, closed, and past due invoices for the last 12 months.  
    • Partners can generate an invoice summary report in XLS and PDF format, as well as an invoice detail report in PDF format from the Report Center.
  • Pure Protect //DRaaS v1.2
    • Datastores can now be added to increase storage quota. Datastores added like this can be deleted until they are actually used by Pure Protect™ //DRaaS. When they are utilized, they can no longer be deleted. Pure Protect //DRaaS now supports the full, updated list of AWS instance types, including those with UEFI boot mode, allowing for protection of a wider range of VMs. It also supports throttled scheduling for the Job Execution Manager to harden Pure Protect //DRaaS against potentially problematic race conditions from workers carrying out protection jobs.
  • VM Analytics Enhancements
    • VM Analytics topology now supports NVMe-based datastores linkage to the associated volume/FlashArray. Enhanced insights through label filtering are achieved by clicking on the newly introduced labels. There is now  VM-to-managed directory mapping. We are adding the support for linking NFS datastore configured with DNS name (aka “FQDN”).
  • Track All Pure Storage Orders from Pure1
    • Customers can now track all orders, including the orders not initiated in Pure1 from the Orders page. They can also access orders placed up to two years in the past from Pure1. Customers can easily navigate between the self-service and assisted orders.
  • Track More Key Events on Appliance Genealogy
    • Customers can make the most of their subscriptions by accessing Ever Modern Upgrade (Free Every Three) eligibility, End-of-Life, Upcoming End-of-Life, and Service Dispatch event dates to strategically manage their fleet.
  • Ransomware Support Visibility on Subscription Genealogy
    • Customers can know which of their subscriptions include ransomware support and are protected against ransomware attacks.
  • Policy-based Enhanced SafeMode Management
    • Customers can select how many approvers are required for their organization and how many are required to authorize requests for SafeMode™. Security-conscious customers will be able to increase the number of SafeMode approvers and the number of approvals for authorization of the request required in their organization.
  • Software Lifecycle Page Enhancements
    • At the top of the Appliance table, summary tiles display the number of appliances with particular statuses and can be used to filter the Appliance table to just appliances with those statuses. Bulk operations now include health checks, upgrade bundle downloads, and installation initiation. Support tickets are now automatically created for self-service upgrades that fail. 
  • Notification Center Update
    • Customers will be able to get notified about the latest Pure Protect //DRaaS events like failovers. Extensive Business Metrics Dashboard supports tracking of opened and clicked-through notifications from email, Pure1, and the mobile app. There is now categorization per topic and template along with batched email notifications.
  • Alerts Are Connected to Opened Cases
    • Users can now easily identify which alerts already have proactive or user created cases.

Blog Posts

  • A New Power-up for Data Resilience: A Guide to Object-level Exclusions blog
  • Try the New Pure1 Security Assessment blog
  • Enhanced Anomaly Detection in Pure1 blog
  • Upgrade Your Own FlashArray with Pure1 blog

Videos

Digital Bytes: You need a Security Checkup

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.
  • New Planner Improvements – Supports File Workloads
    • FlashArray File workload simulations can now be performed on existing FlashArray appliances. The addition of file workloads provides customers with additional simulation support for their appliances.
  • Enhanced File Capacity Metrics and Snapshots for FlashArray
    • New File Browser View allows customers to navigate seamlessly through the filesystem with the new file browser interface. Customers can view underlying directories, usage stats, and quotas with ease as well as dive deep by navigating up to seven levels of directory nesting. Customers can instantly see which directories are consuming the most space and identify underutilized areas and manage quotas and monitor usage within their filesystem. On the Snapshots page, customers now have visibility into directory paths and can easily access the number of snapshots available for their selected time window.

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

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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.

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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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

Digital Bytes: You need a Security Checkup

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.

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 Storage Cloud arrays, released on January 31, 2023:
    • With a minimum version of Purity//FA 6.3.7, Pure1 Edge Service now supports Pure Storage Cloud 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

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