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The following table describes the hardware and software configuration details of an Azure VM instances that is used to build the Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure cluster:
Hardware | Configuration |
Azure VM size | Standard L32as v3 |
vCPUs | 32 |
Memory (GiB) | 256 |
Storage type (TB) | 4 x 1.92 TB |
Expected network bandwidth (MBps) | 16,000 |
Software | Version |
Azure VM image | Linux SLES 15.4 |
PowerFlex SDS | 4.5.1 |