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Why FlashBlade Is Truly Evergreen

Pure Storage

In 2012, we engineered a new architecture called DirectFlash®, which allowed our smart storage software to communicate directly with raw NAND flash via fast connection. This eliminated all of the “translation layers” that were created to enable SSDs to work in disk-first architectures.

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Pure Storage Architecture 101: Built-in Performance and Availability

Pure Storage

Pure Storage Architecture 101: Built-in Performance and Availability by Pure Storage Blog The world of technology has changed dramatically as IT organizations now face, more than ever, intense scrutiny on how they deliver technology services to the business. This brings two challenges: data consistency and complexity.

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Why Storage Is the Unsung Hero for AI

Pure Storage

Deep learning revolution (2012-2017): Models like AlexNet and ResNet pushed storage demands, while Word2Vec and GloVe advanced natural language processing, shifting to high-speed NVMe storage for terabyte-scale data sets. They lack the agility, performance, and scalability required to support AIs diverse and high-volume data requirements.

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The Rise of GraphQL

Advancing Analytics

Introduction: 2012 was a transformative year with the release of the transformers paper that underpins much of the recent hype behind ‘LLM’. Microservices Architecture: In a system where different microservices own different pieces of data, GraphQL acts as a unified facade that simplifies client interaction with these services.

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Cities, Cultural Heritage and the Culture of Responding to Floods

Emergency Planning

Powerful floods struck Puerto Lumbreras again in 2012. Florence is an interesting case, as the floods that so severely damaged it in 1966 had world-wide repercussions, especially regarding the city's art and architectural treasures. Europe is not well protected against flooding. Let us hope that it becomes popular.

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National Coding Week: Upskill Your Coding Knowledge with Pure Storage

Pure Storage

How to Attach/Detach SQL Server Databases with PowerShell : Here are some scripts developed for the SQL Server 2012 Reference Architecture to automate how you attach and detach SQL Server databases. How to Load YAML with Python : When you need to ingest a YAML file into your Python coding scripts, you could parse the text yourself.

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Exploring the Differences: Multi-dimensional Modeling vs Relational Modeling in Analytical Systems

Advancing Analytics

To scale out we need a scaled storage layer, such as a Data Lake, to which the architecture is typically based on Hadoop, HDFS. Seldom we find the need for a relational system in a Data Lakehouse architecture - now I will caveat and say that is there is regularly need for a semantic layer, but that can take many different appearances.