Enterprise storage, virtualization and cloud
Real world field notes on running workloads in the cloud.
I’m Nick Scuola. I spent years in VMware and data protection, and now I work on Everpure Cloud. I take one hard infrastructure topic at a time and explain how it works and what it costs.
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Complete series · 6 of 6
Everpure Cloud, from first question to trial walkthrough.
Six posts, published weekly from Sep 14 to Oct 19, 2026. Start at Part 1 and read straight through, or jump to the part you need.
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The Everpure Cloud series
Formerly Pure Storage’s cloud line. Read in order and you go from the why, to the architecture, to pricing, to a working trial.
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Everpure Cloud – Part 1 of 6
Why Everpure Cloud? If you’ve been reading Spooky Solutions for a while, you know my pattern by now. I get curious about…
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Everpure Cloud – Part 2 of 6
Everpure Cloud 101: Azure Native vs. Dedicated This is Post 2 in my Everpure Cloud series. If you missed the intro, Everpure Cloud…
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Everpure Cloud – Part 3 of 6
Architecture Deep Dive: The Unified Data Plane Part 3 in my Everpure Cloud series. Catch up on Part 1 and Part 2…
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Everpure Cloud – Part 4 of 6
Real-World Use Cases: Azure VMs, AVS, EC2, EVS & SQL Server Post 4 in my Everpure Cloud series. New here? Start with…
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Everpure Cloud – Part 5 of 6
The Cost Angle: FinOps, Predictable Pricing & Data Efficiency Post 5 in my Everpure Cloud series. If you’re catching up, Post 1…
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Everpure Cloud – Part 6 of 6
Data Protection & Getting Started (Trial Walkthrough) Post 6 — the finale of my Everpure Cloud series. If you’re just joining, Post…
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- VMUG (8)
- VMUG Whiteboard (3)
- VMware (7)
- vSphere (2)
- Zerto (3)
From the archive
Talks and career lessons
Conference sessions and community writing from the VMware and Zerto years.
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Tips, Habits & Grit – What Successful Engineers do to Advance their Careers
Hello #vCommunity friends. Today I’m going to share a presentation that I gave recently at the Atlanta VMUG UserCon event.…
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Upgrade Your Technical Skills Using a Business Approach
It’s been a while since I posted but with #Blogtober kicking off, I figured that this was as good a…
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The New RTFM, Part 2 – The Presentation
ZertoCON 2019 has come and gone. For those of you in attendance, thank you. Thanks for supporting Zerto and coming…
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The New RTFM
Most of you who come here know that I post A LOT about the #vCommunity. What you may not know…
About the author
Nick Scuola
Principal Cloud Technical Specialist at Everpure. I help customers work out how the Everpure Cloud portfolio fits the workloads they already run.
Before that I led sales engineering teams at Tessell, Lacework and Zerto, and I came up through VMware and the vExpert and VMUG communities. Earlier still, I served in the Marine Corps as a platoon sergeant and systems engineer. I’m based near Charleston, SC, and I’m a husband and dad.
This site is where I write down what I learn, so you don’t have to learn it the slow way.
Everpure Cloud
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