Deploying Pure Storage in OpenStack using kolla-ansible

Some time ago I wrote a post on deploying the Flash Storage FlashArray as a Cinder backend using Kolla as the deployment method. As time has moved on, so has Kolla to the point where it now uses Ansible to deploy OpenStack with the kolla-ansible project. In this post I’m going to explain how to […]

Observe More with Dynatrace and Pure Storage

Pure Storage develops Dynatrace integration to extend enterprise class storage observability

OpenStack Glance with Cinder Multistores – Scurry into the Unknown

A deep-dive into configuring OpenStack Glance multistore on Cinder backends and how they can be used in core-edge deployments.

Introducing Ansible and Pure to Empower Live Application Data Migration

How to perform a live migration of an applications data disks from one storage array to another using Ansible.

REST API – The Postman Only Rings Once…

This post will discuss using Postman to work with Pure Storage FlashArray REST API endpoints.

OpenStack Persistent Storage: Ceph v. Pure Storage

A brief comparison of Ceph with a Pure Storage FlashArray from an OpenStack perspective

Manage Drift with Ansible

Managing and alerting infrastructure drift in Pure Storage systems using Ansible

Pure Storage FlashArray and OpenVMS

How to make Pure Storage FlashArray volumes useable with an OpenVMS server.

Storage Provisioning on Pure with Ansible

Simple volume provisioning and teardown on a Pure Storage FlashArray using Ansible

DataDog and Pure Storage

DataDog and Pure Storage – observability integration for FlashArray and FlashBalde appear in a flash…