Alternative Virtualization Meet-Up at //Accelerate
Our company like many others have parted ways with VMWare. We decided not to renew this last April and are currently running unsupported/perpetual as we look for a replacement hypervisor. Costs on a 7000+ core renewal came in at about 5x what we paid in previous years. Just a little backstory, but this post is not to discuss that. For hardware we currently run Cisco ACI, Cisco UCS and Pure Storage in a converged architecture. What Cisco/Pure call Flashstack. 4 Sites, 200+ blades, Mix of 14 //x and //c Arrays. We are heavy Vvol users today. We have narrowed our search down to Proxmox, XCP-NG, and OpenShift Virtualization. Successes with Proxmox have been great, deployment (iSCSI Boot), automation, migration, etc. Winning so far. XCP-NG, similar to Proxmox. Some issues with Migrations. But overall working. OpenShift, just started vetting. Have a workshop scheduled with RedHat to really test out and see if the product is a good fit. Would require Portworx. Now to what I am wondering, would any of you that will be attending Pure //Accelerate be interested in a meet-up to network and discuss the trials and tribulations with these or other alternative hypervisors on Pure Storage? I am happy to present my decision process, success criteria, testing results and implementation configuration for each. If we get enough people I can ask my AE/SE to see if Pure would allow us use of a breakout meeting room. If interested let me know, I would prefer to keep this vendor neutral other than Pure, as we would not be going to a Pure conference if not interested or already running Pure Storage.Pure//Accelerate 2025 - Watch the Keynote Replays
What a week it was in Las Vegas. Pure hosted customers and partners for a highly engaging and informative week all about the Enterprise Data Cloud enabled by the Pure Platform. ICYMI - we already have the keynote replays up and available for viewing. Check out Pure Storage CEO Charles Giancarlo introducing the Enterprise Data Cloudor catch up with Pure founder Coz talking about 300 TB DFMs and eliminating disk for good. It's all there - watch and let us know your favorite session and why in the comments below. dpoormanUnifying VMs and Containers: Adopting Modern Virtualization with Portworx and Red Hat OpenShift
I'll be at Accelerate in a couple of weeks talking about how you can manage your virtual machines side by side with your containerized workloads on Kubernetes. Drop by the session to learn about the options that Portworx by Pure Storage and Red Hat OpenShift provide you for managing your VMs in Kubernetes Be sure to register:Accelerate Breakout Replay: Simplifying Storage Management Automation with Pure Fusion™
See how Pure Fusion and APIs make storage automation easy—whether you're starting out or scaling advanced fleet-wide automation. Speakers: Mike Nelson Brent Lim Chris Jimenez - Fanatics https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/simplifying-storage-management-automation-with-pure-fusion/6375797858112.htmlCommunity Meetups at 2026 Pure//Accelerate
Excited to announce that we are growing our community meetups at Accelerate in June. Building on the successful Modern Virtualization and Cyber gatherings last year, we have added new topics so you can engage with peers and fellow attendees to share and learn in the topics you care most about. Check out the community meetup sessions at this link and plan to add to your session builder once it goes live in the Event app. All meetups will run at 5:30PM local time and feature customers and Everpure discussion leaders across Pure1, Database solutions, Modern Virtualization, Cyber, Cloud and a special Women in Tech meetup led by our own Flashmaven Valerie Harrison. https://www.purestorage.com/accelerate/learning-tracks.html?filter5=tag%3Ainline%2Faccelerate%2Fsession-type%2Fcommunity-meetupPost Accelerate '25 - The Best Part of Vegas for Me...
...is when I board my plane to fly home 😂. Though I am not a fan of the city, I was a BIG fan of what we pulled off this week for our annual show. MASSIVE, MASSIVE props to all the folks behind the scenes who made it happen so butter smooth. If you went - what was the biggest highlight for you? The hands on labs were overwhelmed - something we like to see. How about that new Pure cert you got so you can hit the boss up for a raise? Did you get a chance to take in that "new controller smell" for the new //XL R5? I didn't get to see the Oz mentalist, but heard he blew peoples' minds. For me, though, the highlight was hearing Mike "Mississippi Mike" Dehaan, who had a session on the main stage on how his career has benefited from implementing Pure. That's a pretty powerful statement and appreciative feather in our cap - adopting Pure over the 800 lb gorilla incumbents can grow your career. I know NOBODY out there ever grew up saying, "...when I grow up, I want to manage data storage," but at least Pure can help you along where your career has landed. 👍 Post your favorite moments!Accelerate Breakout Replay: Panel Discussion - How to Make AI Succeed in Your Organization
Hear from experts on how to build scalable AI platforms with Pure Storage & Portworx®—balancing data, infrastructure, and performance. Speakers: Nathan Wood Victor Olmedo Tony Paikaday, NVIDIA https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/how-to-make-ai-succeed-panel/6375339058112.htmlAccelerate Breakout Replay: Platform Engineering Best Practices for AI, Containers, virtual machines, and databases
Hear platform engineering best practices from a top provider building scalable Kubernetes platforms for virtual machines, databases, and AI workloads. Speakers: Rajiv Thakkar & James Webb https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/platform-engineering-best-practices-ai-containers-vms-dbs/6375342947112.htmlAccelerate Breakout Replay: Hear How a Pure Storage Customer Is Using Pure Fusion™ to Wrangle Growth Challenges
Learn how Pure Fusion helps MS DOR scale for 1,800% storage growth with streamlined management, standardization, and secure provisioning. Speakers: Larry Touchette Nav Sinha Mike Dehaan, MS Dept Rev https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/hear-how-a-customer-is-using-pure-fusion/6375343471112.htmlAccelerate Breakout Replay: Pure Storage and VMware Core Storage Best Practices Deep Dive
Join this session to learn Pure Storage + VMware best practices. Get answers to "why" and deployment tips. Speakers: Alex Carver Jason Langer Trevin Hale, Columbia Sportswear https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/vmware-core-storage-best-practices-deep-dive/6375804979112.html
