Pure Storage to support next-gen VMware vSphere vVols

Pure Storage has unveiled its plans to support the upcoming generation of VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVols), aligning its cutting-edge storage solutions with the evolving needs of modern enterprises. This anticipated development is set to be a significant feature of VMware Cloud Foundation 9, further cementing Pure Storage's reputation for delivering high-performance, scalable, and reliable storage solutions tailored to the demands of contemporary applications and workloads.

Advancing Enterprise Storage Capabilities
The next-generation vVols aims to achieve three primary objectives: providing a consistent, optimised user experience across storage platforms, supporting large-scale use cases such as AI/ML workloads and Cloud Service Provider deployments, and fully integrating with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).

Pure Storage has a longstanding commitment to staying at the forefront of technological advancements, evidenced by its early adoption of vVols APIs. As the first VMware storage partner to certify both VASA 5 and VASA 6—prerequisites for the next-gen vVols—Pure Storage demonstrates its dedication to providing enterprise-grade storage solutions that evolve with the needs of its customers.

Pure Storage’s forthcoming support for next-gen vVols promises a range of benefits, including:

• Cloud-Like Scale: Pure Storage aims to provide cloud-like scalability for enterprise-grade VMware environments. Traditional storage systems often fall short in delivering the required performance or scalability due to file system limitations. However, Pure Storage's vVols implementation is designed to overcome these barriers, allowing for limitless innovation and growth.
• Unmatched Performance: The integration of Pure Storage with vVols is expected to enhance stability, reliability, and performance within VMware environments. Customer reports indicate significant improvements, such as reducing database restore times from hours to mere minutes.
• Simplified Storage Management & Provisioning: The fine-grain control and policy-based management offered by vVols, combined with Pure Storage’s industry-leading storage management interface, will allow IT teams to reduce the time spent on storage administration, enabling a greater focus on business growth and innovation.

Industry Endorsement
Nathan Hall, Vice President & General Manager, Asia Pacific & Japan at Pure Storage, highlighted the company’s enduring partnership with VMware: “Pure Storage has been a VMware Technology Alliance Partner for over a decade, working together to help customers realise the greatest value from their virtual infrastructure and underlying hardware. My conversations with VMware customers in Asia Pacific and Japan validate the value that Pure Storage brings to their deployments in public and hybrid clouds, data protection, Kubernetes, and virtualisation. We are pleased to expand our support for VMware environments and the newest VMware technologies with this update.”

Paul Turner, VP of Product Management, vSphere at VMware by Broadcom, also commented on the collaboration: "As customers adopt VMware Cloud Foundation as their private cloud platform, we are meeting customers where they are by supporting an ecosystem of solutions such as Pure Storage that provide flexibility in how they meet their own unique storage requirements. Pure’s forthcoming support for VMware Cloud Foundation 9 will provide our customers with advanced storage solutions that enable customers to achieve a simpler and more complete cloud experience in their own data centres."

Customer Testimonials
The partnership between Pure Storage and VMware has already garnered positive feedback from customers. Carl Wolcott, IT Manager at KAI USA, praised the collaboration, stating, "Partnering with Pure Storage has been a game-changer for our VMware environment, delivering critical performance, stability, and data protection. Pure's implementation of vVols has significantly enhanced our data access speed, improved our recovery capabilities, and provided better snapshot management overall. The integration has not only optimised our infrastructure but also brought much-needed predictability while maintaining efficiency and reliability. Pure Storage continues to play a crucial role in our ongoing infrastructure modernisation efforts."

Heath E. Simon, Enterprise IT Technologist at Texas A&M University, shared a similar sentiment: "Pure Storage has optimised our VMware environment at Texas A&M, delivering stability and price predictability without compromising on performance, efficiency, or reliability. Their innovative platform, combined with deep VMware co-engineering and integration, has set the benchmark for product features, support excellence, and a true partnership, driving us toward seamless IT operations."