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The following table describes the hardware and software configuration details of an Azure VM instance that is used as APEX Block Storage SDC instances for running Db2 database:
Hardware | Configuration |
Azure VM size | Standard F16s v2 |
vCPUs | 16 |
Memory (GiB) | 32 |
Max network bandwidth (MBps) | 12,500 |
Software | Version |
Azure VM image | RHEL 8.6 |
PowerFlex SDC | 4.5.2 |
Db2 database server | 11.5.4.0 |