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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 SDS instances:
Hardware | Configuration |
Azure VM size | Standard F48s v2 |
vCPUs | 48 |
Memory (GiB) | 96 |
Storage type (Azure Premium SSD v2) | 20 x 512 GB |
Expected network bandwidth (MBps) | 16,000 |
Software | Version |
Azure VM image | Linux SLES 15.4 |
PowerFlex SDS | 4.5.2 |