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All-flash array supplier Pure Storage has bought Compuverde, a Swedish scale-out filer software business, giving it an entrée into the classic file storage market. Last February, IBM OEM'd Compuverde's product as its Spectrum NAS, positioned as scale-out NAS with less file storage capabilities than Big Blue's high-end Spectrum …

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  1. JacobZ
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    Moot point

    Nice usage of the rarely-seen usage of "moot" in the sense of "open to question" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moot). Well done!

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    "Will IBM, for example, wish to continue OEM'ing the software when it is owned by a strong FlashSystem array competitor?"

    Probably not, but will anyone notice until the next big iron refresh cycle?

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      ...maybe Pure will now become an even more attractive acquisition target for IBM, whose in house storage portfolio is also way past its sell-by date.

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  3. RollTide14

    Isn't FlashBlade a scale out filer? What am I missing here?

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    1. baspax
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      It is but very limited in protocols (NFS and s3) and meant for data throughput and not serving a gazillion users on half a million different clients.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    The death of FlashBlade

    What's happening here is obvious but not in the article so I'll translate this for you: This means the death of FlashBlade and the invention of new Frankenstorage from Pure.

    When your innovation fails, you buy software-defined masking tape.

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