#109 – An Overview of ObjectEngine with Brian Schwarz

#109 – An Overview of ObjectEngine with Brian Schwarz

Chris EvansGuest Speakers, Pure Storage

In this episode, Chris talks to Brian Schwarz, VP of Product Management for FlashBlade and ObjectEngine at Pure Storage.  ObjectEngine is a scale-out de-duplication engine that efficiently writes data to either FlashBlade or public cloud object stores.  The solution developed from the acquisition of StorReduce in 2018. ObjectEngine was conceived when Pure Storage observed customers using FlashBlade for backup data.  The FlashBlade platform was originally developed for high-performance file-based applications like analytics.  De-duplication wasn’t integrated natively as an initial design decision.  Combining ObjectEngine with FlashBlade enables space saving ratios of around 8:1 or greater. You …

Soundbytes #009: FlashArray Update With Ivan Iannaccone at Pure Accelerate

Soundbytes #009: FlashArray Update With Ivan Iannaccone at Pure Accelerate

Chris EvansAll-Flash, Pure Storage, Soundbytes

The following podcast was recorded at Pure Accelerate in San Francisco in June 2017.  The recording was made behind the main stage, so apologies for the background noise which does get pretty loud for a while!  Chris talks to Ivan Iannaccone, Director of Product Management (also known as Emperor of Flash) at Pure Storage.  The conversation goes through the new software features of FlashArray, including ActiveCluster, VVOLs, NVMe and snapshots. Elapsed Time: 00:20:34 Timeline 00:00:00 – Introductions 00:01:04 – A wealth of new announcements 00:01:50 – ActiveCluster – synchronous replication 00:06:00 – Meta – AI …

Soundbytes #008: FlashBlade 2.0 With Rob Lee at Pure Accelerate

Soundbytes #008: FlashBlade 2.0 With Rob Lee at Pure Accelerate

Chris EvansAll-Flash, Pure Storage, Pure//Accelerate, Soundbytes, Storage Hardware, Storage Unpacked Podcast

In this podcast, recorded on 14th June 2017 at Pure Accelerate in San Francisco, Chris talks to Rob Lee, Chief Architect of the FlashBlade product line.  FlashBlade 2.0 sees greater scalability for the product, but more interesting is the way in which companies have taken the platform and used it creatively to achieve things that weren’t possible with traditional NAS products. Elapsed Time: 00:20:22 Timeline You can view more details on FlashBlade on the Tech Field Day website, specifically covering the event with dedicated FlashBlade sessions. Disclaimer: Chris was invited to the Pure Accelerate event, …