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Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure enables customers to easily deploy and run their workloads in the cloud. Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure can be deployed across multiple availability zones and supports both general purpose cloud storage, and native local NVMe SSD drives for increased performance. Using the APEX Block Storage two-layer software-defined infrastructure design, customers can deploy and scale both storage and compute nodes independently to match the growth demands of their critical workloads.
Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure with APEX Protection Storage (DDVE) on the Azure cloud platform presents customers running SQL Server databases with a robust backup solution. A SQL Server database running on APEX Block Storage volumes can securely store backups in Azure Hot Blob storage, serving as a DD storage unit. This solution demonstrates the seamless deployment of Microsoft Application Agent on DD client machines within the Azure cloud. The validation highlights the effective deduplication and compression advantages of DDVE with Microsoft Application Agent for SQL Server databases operating in the Azure cloud platform using Dell APEX Block Storage.