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Understanding NAND Flash Memory in SSDs: Types, Challenges and Advancements
This article delves into the world of NAND flash memory and its use in solid-state drives (SSDs).
Speed vs. legacy: NVMe and SCSI storage fabrics compared
For those investigating their next-gen fabric solution, here's an in-depth analysis and comparison of iSCSI, NVMe over TCP, NVMe over Fibre Channel and SCSI over Fibre Channel, with real-world testing and results.
Introducing the Pure Storage FlashArray //XL
Get our perspective on the new FlashArray //XL launch from Pure Storage.
Pure Storage FlashArray //X Lab
*** This is a read-only lab that gives you view permissions on a lab array. If you'd like to have full access to a FlashArray, check out one of our other Pure Storage labs (ActiveCluster, ActiveDR, FA Files, Remote Client/vVols) as those labs give you full access to make changes. ***
The FlashArray //X Series is the Pure Storage primary all flash, NVMe offering. This lab is intended to give users experience with the Purity operating system via both HTML 5 Web Interface and the Purity CLI on real hardware in the WWT ATC.
NetApp Ansible Automation Lab
Learn to automate NetApp ONTAP using Ansible. This lab provides an overview of GIT and Ansible to understand how they work together to simplify the automation of NetApp storage solutions.
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Pure Accelerate 2025 Recap
WWT's Storage Experts recap the Pure Accelerate '25 conference as it relates to the new announcements, hardware platforms and Enterprise Data Cloud vision.
Pure Storage FlashArray //C Lab
Pure Storage FlashArray //C lets you consolidate workloads and simplify storage with consistent all-flash performance at a lower TCO over hybrid storage. This lab consists of Pure's capacity-optimized array offering - FlashArray //C60 running Purity 6.x with File Services enabled.
Pure Storage Remote Client Plugin for vSphere, vVols and Storage Insights Lab
Welcome to WWT's lab for Pure's Storage Remote Client Plugin for VMware, vVols, NFS datastores and Storage Insights. We designed this lab to showcase the new Remote Client Plugin and many of the features it enables for the VMware Administrator as it pertains to storage. After a brief introduction to you will dive right in to getting the Remote Client Plugin virtual appliance deployed and configured along with walking you through the many of the integrations the plugin brings.
Pure Storage ActiveDR Lab
In this lab you will walk through the simple configuration to setup and configure ActiveDR replication between PODs running on two FlashArrays. You will also see how Pure's ActiveDR replication can be used to aid in the recovery process should one of your data centers experience an outage or an array failure.
Modernizing Your Virtualization Strategy: The HPE Virtual Machine Essentials & HPE Morpheus Enterprise Advantage
Transform Your Virtualization Environment with Enhanced Flexibility, Simplified Management, and Strategic Growth Potential
Pure Storage FlashArray //X Lab
*** This is a read-only lab that gives you view permissions on a lab array. If you'd like to have full access to a FlashArray, check out one of our other Pure Storage labs (ActiveCluster, ActiveDR, FA Files, Remote Client/vVols) as those labs give you full access to make changes. ***
The FlashArray //X Series is the Pure Storage primary all flash, NVMe offering. This lab is intended to give users experience with the Purity operating system via both HTML 5 Web Interface and the Purity CLI on real hardware in the WWT ATC.
Partner POV | Unleash Scalability and Performance with Dell PowerFlex and Nutanix
The first external storage integrated with Nutanix Cloud Platform – secure, flexible and designed for innovation
Pure Storage FlashBlade
The Pure Storage FlashBlade family is an elastic scale out file and object, all flash storage solution that gives customers an advanced data-hub approach to managing their data. WWT has partnered with Pure Storage to provide this lab giving access to the Purity//FB operating environment on FlashBlade//S and FlashBlade//E Hardware in the Advanced Technology Center. This lab showcases Pure's RapidFile Toolkit that supercharges common Linux operating system commands running against NFS File Shares on the FlashBlade.
Pure Ansible Automation Lab
If you are familiar with Ansible and want to learn how to use Ansible with the Pure Storage FlashArray, continue on with this lab that demonstrates how to simplify automation of a Pure Storage FlashArray.
*** If you are a Storage admin, new to automation, and want to learn how to automate your Pure Storage environment using Ansible, check out this lab instead that teaches the basics of Ansible from a storage admin point of view.- "Ansible Automation Workshop - Pure Ansible Lab" (https://www.wwt.com/lab/ansible-automation-workshop-pure-ansible-lab)
Pure Storage Portworx Lab for Persistent Container Storage
Welcome to Pure Storage's Portworx lab for persistent container storage. Portworx's Enterprise Storage Platform is a complete storage and data management solution for your Kubernetes environments. Containers will benefit from container-granular storage, disaster recovery, data security, multicloud migrations and more.
Pure Storage FA Files Lab
In this lab you will walk through the simple configuration to setup and configure FA Files on a FlashArray along with setting up replication to a second FlashArray.
Pure FlashArray Files Video Series
As part of the Purity//FA 6.3 release, this playlist offers four videos covering the File System capabilities within a Pure FlashArray. Video 1: File System Setup — Video 2: File Replication Setup — Video 3: Day 2 Operations — Video 4: DR Testing and Failover
Pure Storage ActiveCluster Lab
Pure Storage has released synchronous replication technology in its FlashArray series of products. That product is called ActiveCluster, and this lab will show users how to setup, configure and utilize ActiveCluster in an vSphere 7.0 deployment.
Partner POV | NetApp Adds new ASA A-Series Block Storage Systems - and so Much More
You know NetApp as the intelligent data infrastructure company, and we're expanding our portfolio in a way that reinforces what that means for customers worldwide.
Partner POV | Why the World's Most Sensitive Data is Protected by NetApp
Ransomware was long perceived as a victimless crime. While attacks on an organization's data led to unplanned downtime and unpredictable expenses, the organizations themselves took the bulk of the damage.
Dell Unity's End-of-Sale: What to do Next?
The time has finally arrived. Dell Unity All Flash array has been mostly feature-complete for a while, with no major enhancements for a couple of years. Dell recently announced an end-of-sale for Unity AFAs effective August 1, 2025. Read on to learn why Dell PowerStore makes a great refresh.
Primary Storage Briefing
The primary storage landscape has changed drastically over the last three years. The mass adoption of flash storage, the movement of workloads to the cloud and the emergence of new fabric technologies with NVMe are all trends that are reshaping how we go about selecting primary storage in the data center.
Pure Storage's Fusion for Fleet Management
Simplified management. Effortless automation. Unmatched efficiency.
Automate your enterprise storage by deploying and scaling workloads across any environment. Streamline complex tasks and boost efficiency, enabling your business to focus on growth while reducing risks and overhead.
Modern Data Center Solutions Briefing
Modern Data Center solutions solve business problems by improving efficiency, reliability, scalability, security and innovation. Robust network, storage and server infrastructure, along with cloud-ready application platforms, enable data-driven decision making, performance optimization, cost control and the creation of new business opportunities. By realizing Modern Data Center solutions, businesses can solve current and future challenges, gain a competitive edge and achieve their goals.
HPE Nimble Storage Lab
HPE Nimble Storage All Flash Arrays combine a flash-efficient architecture with HPE InfoSight predictive analytics to achieve fast, reliable access to data and 99.9999% guaranteed availability. Radically simple to deploy and use, the arrays are cloud-ready, providing data mobility to the cloud through HPE Cloud Volumes.