Pure Storage‘s Evergreen//One offers a continuously improving, flexible storage-as-a-service solution that ensures cost efficiency, optimized performance for AI and GPU workloads, and unified management of storage resources. In this show, Prakash Darji, General Manager of the Digital Experience Business Unit at Pure Storage, discusses how the platform is helping organizations with their storage needs and their latest features. Darji says, “Storage needs to be networked and managed as a single pool, and we do that with our management infusion and our observability platform that gives customers a single pane of glass.”

Introduction to Pure Storage’s platform and its key features

• Darji discusses the company’s storage-as-a-solution, Evergreen//One, primarily to companies who do not want to worry about buying and operating software.
• The company recently hosted their Pure//Accelerate event and Darji highlights the key features they introduced, including advancements in AI, cyber resilience, and support for containerization and VMware workloads.

How Pure Storage Is Harnessing AI and the Challenges in GPU Utilization

• Pure Storage’s emphasis on AI is predominantly through tools like a copilot for SaaS management and storage solutions optimized for AI with Nvidia Superpod certification.
• While AI is a valuable tool, Darji believes it should be applied thoughtfully. He mentions near-term uses for internal efficiency and longer-term applications like healthcare diagnostics.
• Darji talks about the challenges in GPU utilization, using an analogy comparing GPU performance to water pipe capacity. He explains how Pure Storage’s “Evergreen//One for AI” ensures efficient GPU usage through optimized storage.

Pure Storage’s Approach to Security and the Benefits of Their Storage Management

• Darji outlines Pure Storage’s approach to cyber resilience, which includes comprehensive data security measures, from protection and detection to remediation and governance.
• Pure Storage’s security features are built into their existing platform and are part of their “Secured by Design” approach.
• Darji discusses Pure Storage’s flexible storage architecture, explaining that it allows storage to improve over time, supports multiple workloads, and integrates into a unified management system for efficiency.

Guest: Prakash Darji (LinkedIn)
Company: Pure Storage (Twitter)
Show: Let’s Talk

This summary was written by Emily Nicholls.