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charles_sheppar
Day Hiker III
23 days ago

Pure Certifications

Hey gang,

If any of you currently hold a Flash Array certification there is an alternative to retaking the test to renew your cert.  The Continuing Pure Education (CPE) program takes into account learning activities and community engagement and contribution hours to renew your FA certification.

I just successfully renewed my Flash Array Storage Professional cert by tracking my activities.  

Below are the details I received from Pure.

  • Customers can earn 1 CPE credit per hour of session attendance at Accelerate, for a maximum of 10 CPEs total (i.e., up to 10 hours of sessions). Sessions must be attended live. I would go ahead and add all the sessions you attended at Accelerate to the CPE_Submission form.
  • Associate-level certifications will auto-renew as long as there is at least one active higher-level certification (e.g., Data Storage Associate will auto-renew anytime a Professional-level cert is renewed).  All certifications other than the Data Storage Associate should be renewed separately.
  • At this time, the CPE program only applies to FlashArray-based exams. Non- FA exams may be renewed by retaking the respective test every three years.

You should be able to get the CPE submission form from your account team.

Once complete email your recertification Log to peak-education@purestorage.com for formal processing.

1 Reply

  • nfritsch's avatar
    nfritsch
    Day Hiker III

    Congratulations charles_sheppar​ on renewewing your FA Certification. I love that Pure Storage offers this as an option in addition to standardized testing. Keep gettin' those patches!