Announcing the General Availability of Purity//FB 4.7.10 LLR
We are happy to announce the general availability of 4.7.10, the first Long-Life Release (LLR) of the 4.6/4.7 line, providing long-term maintenance of the 4.6 feature set with consistency in capabilities, user experience, and interoperability. For more detailed information about bug fixes and security updates included in each release, see the release notes. Highlights The 4.7 LLR adds many new features and improvements for customers upgrading from the 4.5 LLR: AI and high-performance workload acceleration Major gains for AI, HPC, and other demanding unstructured workloads through higher-performance platform options, increased bandwidth, better read/write concurrency, and S3 over RDMA, provide customers faster time to results, better GPU utilization, and more value from large-scale file and object environments. Lower cost at scale with smarter data placement and efficiency Zero Move Tiering for file and object, larger supported system scale, tenant-level performance controls, and DeepReduce for FlashBlade//E help customers scale capacity more efficiently, improve workload density, and reduce total cost of ownership without adding operational complexity. Stronger security and compliance Important security capabilities including NFS over TLS, mutual TLS, FIDO2 and authentication policy support for SSH, object auditing, and proactive Purity patching, helping customers protect data in flight, strengthen access controls, simplify compliance, and respond faster to risk. Multi-tenancy and service delivery Realms, management access policies, secure multi-tenancy for object, local users and groups, and Fusion workload and preset enhancements give customers stronger isolation, simpler delegated administration, and more consistent service delivery across shared environments and dark sites. Improved observability, resilience, and operations On-box observability, richer protocol and connection statistics, Rapid Replica enhancements, larger-scale file data protection, and hardware-based availability improvements make it easier for customers to troubleshoot faster, protect more data at scale, and run mission-critical environments with greater confidence. This release is supported on the following FlashBlade Platforms: FB//S100, FB//S200 (R1, R2), FB//S500 (R1, R2), FB//ZMT, FB//E, FB//EXA Release recommendations Customers looking for long-term maintenance of the complete 4.6 feature set are encouraged to upgrade to the 4.7 LLR. Customers looking for the latest features as soon as they are available should upgrade to the 4.8 FR. Check out our AI Copilot intelligent assistant for deeper insights into release content and recommendations. EOL schedule The 4.6/4.7 release line is planned to reach End-of-Life (EOL) in April 2029. Links and References Purity//FB 4.7 Release Notes Everpure Product Lifecycle and Support Policies Overview Purity//FB Release and End-of-Life Schedule Purity//FB Release Guidelines FlashBlade Hardware and End-of-Support FlashBlade Capacity and Feature Limits Pure1 Manage AI CopilotAsk Us Everything about Object Storage
💬 Get ready for our February 2026 edition of Ask Us Everything, this Friday, February 20th at 9 AM Pacific. This month is all about Object Storage. If you have a burning question, feel free to ask it here early and we'll add it to the list to answer tomorrow. Or if we can't get it answered live, our Pure Storage experts can follow up here. Karthik Srinivasan, Flashman​ & dpoorman​ ​ are the experts answering your questions during the conversation and here on the community. See you this Friday! (Oh, and if you haven't registered yet, there's still time!) Or, check out this self-serve resource: Object Storage Webinar EDIT: Thanks for joining in! If you have additional burning questions and comments, leave them in the comments below for the team!It's Purity Upgrade Tuesdays!!! Get Excited!
OK - maybe I made that special event Tuesday thing up, but you have to admit it's catchy in a way every terrible social media feed ad grabs your eye 😀. And with that, it does lead to a great question: Are you on the latest version of Purity? As you may or may not know, we had some recent Purity releases over the summer...we've been busy: Purity 6.9.1 for FlashArray: This is the latest Long Life Release (LLR) Purity 6.10 for FlashArray: This is the latest Feature Release (FR) Purity 4.5.12 for FlashBlade: This is the latest LLR Purity 4.6.2 for FlashBlade: This is the latest FR Click here for a quick reminder on what their difference is in a blog from my buddy Ben Casey, the wisest Puritan I know. 💪 And with that being said - how did your latest upgrade go? Did you use Pure1 or the support white glove service we offer? Give us your stories - good and bad...we are all in learning mode and listening! Just don't expect me to send special Hallmark cards to mark Tuesdays as a special day 😀. Happy upgrading! DPPurity//FB 4.5.8 is now Generally Available!
We are pleased to announce that Purity//FB 4.5.8 is now Generally Available! Purity//FB 4.5.8 supports first generation FlashBlade, FlashBlade//S, and FlashBlade//E. Documentation and Resources: Release and Upgrade Guidelines: Recommended for Proof of Concepts, new installs, and upgrades of FlashBlade//S and FlashBlade//E systems. Object Multi-Site Replication features require workload fit assessment and feature enablement is required. Please contact your Pure Storage representative. Please refer to the Release Guidelines for more up-to-date information. Release Package: Download here External Release Notes (Support Site) For details on fixes included in 4.5.8, please refer to the links below IMPORTANT: Both 3.3.x and 4.1.x are bridgehead releases which means any existing FlashBlade systems will need to upgrade to 3.3.x and then 4.1.x before upgrading to 4.5.0. Contact fb_field_qual@purestorage.com for any questions regarding an upgrade to this release.Purity//FB 4.5.7 is now Generally Available!
We are pleased to announce that Purity//FB 4.5.7 is now Generally Available! Purity//FB 4.5.7 supports first generation FlashBlade, FlashBlade//S, and FlashBlade//E. Documentation and Resources: Release and Upgrade Guidelines: Recommended for Proof of Concepts, new installs, and upgrades of FlashBlade//S and FlashBlade//E systems. Object Multi-Site Replication features require workload fit assessment and feature enablement is required. Please contact your Pure Storage representative. Please refer to the Release Guidelines for more up-to-date information. Release Package: Download here For details on fixes included in 4.5.7, please refer to the links below: External Release Notes (Support Site) IMPORTANT: Both 3.3.x and 4.1.x are bridgehead releases which means any existing FlashBlade systems will need to upgrade to 3.3.x and then 4.1.x before upgrading to 4.5.0.FlashBlade Updates
On FlashBlade we've updated: W.O.R.M. capabilities are undergoing 3rd party compliance reviews for the SEC to help you meet the requirements for SEC 17a-4(F) and SEC 18a- 6(E) FlashBlade Purity 4.4.0. helps increase the fan in and fan out replication capabilities Gain 20% more usable capability by upgrading Purity (seriously!) and reduce overhead cost per usable terabyte Got questions? Drop them below!
