Cloud-Like Flexibility, Performance, and Scale On-Prem with Confluent and Pure Storage

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This post announces and details the integration of Confluent Tiered Storage with Pure Storage's FlashBlade for on-premises object storage. It covers the performance testing (7.5 GB/sec sustained throughput) and reliability testing (data correctness under high load) conducted to certify FlashBlade. The post also explains how this integration enables cloud-like elasticity and infinite retention for Kafka on-premises, facilitating use cases like analytics and hydrating downstream systems.