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Pure Storage Portworx Enterprise – Product Review

Portworx is a software-defined, container-native storage solution. Deployed on industry-standard servers (nodes) in a cluster architecture, Portworx Enterprise software runs as a container on each node, pooling its internal storage devices. It can incorporate SAN-attached storage systems and cloud-based storage as well.

Portworx was acquired by Pure Storage, in Steptember, 2020, to provide container-based application storage for Pure’s portfolio of storage hardware.

Container Native Storage (CNS) is software-defined storage (SDS) that’s embedded in a container cluster, providing a virtualized pool of storage using devices internal to each host. This is similar to the way SDS is embedded in an HCI cluster except that the software runs in a container, instead of as a VM. CNS in a container orchestration platform (like Kubernetes) is somewhat analogous to vSAN running as a service in vSphere, creating a scale-out compute environment.

The benefits of CNS, with Kubernetes, are also similar to those of HCI. A CNS eliminates the need for external storage systems to support containers and can scale with the K8s cluster. As a storage layer, CNS is integrated into K8s, simplifying management compared with an external storage system.

Pure Storage Portworx Enterprise Product Review Includes:

  • Overview
  • Highlights
  • Usage
  • Architecture Deployment
  • Futurm EvaluScale Product Review Methodology
  • Futurum Group’s Opinion

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