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This whitepaper demonstrates the deployment of Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure cluster in a multi-AZ environment to achieve high performance, resiliency, and availability. This paper also outlines some of the best practices of hosting Microsoft SQL Server 2022 on Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure.
For more information about achieving application-level resiliency, see Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure: SQL Server 2022 Multi-Subnet Failover Clustering Deployment and Resiliency.
This solution shows how Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure can be used to achieve excellent database performance as shown in the Test results section.
In addition, this solution states how easily SQL Server VMs can be scaled with the Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure cluster.
The isolation of compute and storage resources on the Azure cloud helps customers scale their business requirements easily. This solution is suitable for hosting high performance and low latency mission critical workloads while maintaining the protection and resiliency of the business data.