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Running mission-critical applications in the public cloud is gaining popularity as businesses adopt the benefits of cloud operations, including agility, ease of use, security, a robust set of software tools and services, and dynamic scale.
Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure brings to the public cloud the advantages of scale, performance, and a robust feature set, including local and remote replication, high availability (HA), resiliency, and security.
The scale-out design of Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure allows for independent storage and compute instances that can be spread across Azure Availability Zones (AZs), providing higher resiliency if an AZ is down. Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure provides a choice of Azure disk storage for more flexibility, or native attached NVMe (Non Volatile Memory Express) SSD drives for increased performance.
Some of the advantages of deploying applications with APEX Block Storage in Azure include:
This white paper presents a robust strategy to protect SQL Server 2022 application data stored on Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure. The approach involves leveraging Dell APEX Protection Storage for Microsoft Azure (DDVE) with Microsoft application agent for Application Direct with SQL Server module to fortify data protection, with the integrity and resilience essential for mission-critical application data.