Which two public cloud storage services are supported as offload targets for Purity CloudSnap?

PurityCloudSnapis a feature of Pure Storage FlashArray that enables customers to offload snapshots to public cloud storage for long-term retention or disaster recovery purposes. To determine which public cloud storage services are supported as offload targets, let's analyze the options:

Analysis of Options:

A. Amazon AWS S3:

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is one of the most widely used object storage services in the public cloud.

Purity CloudSnap supports AWS S3 as an offload target, making it a valid choice.

B. IBM Object Storage:

IBM Object Storage is not currently supported as an offload target for Purity CloudSnap.

Pure Storage focuses on integration with major cloud providers like AWS and Azure.

C. Amazon AWS EBS:

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is a block storage service designed for use with EC2 instances.

However, CloudSnap does not support AWS EBS as an offload target because it is intended for object storage services like S3.

D. Azure Blob Storage:

Azure Blob Storage is Microsoft's object storage service, similar to AWS S3.

Purity CloudSnap supports Azure Blob Storage as an offload target, making it a valid choice.

Recommendation:

The correct answers areA. Amazon AWS S3andD. Azure Blob Storage, as these are the supported public cloud storage services for CloudSnap.

References:

Pure Storage CloudSnap Documentation:

CloudSnap Overview

Explains how CloudSnap integrates with public cloud storage services.

Supported Cloud Providers:

CloudSnap Supported Targets

Lists AWS S3 and Azure Blob Storage as supported offload targets.