Home > Storage > PowerFlex > White Papers > Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure: SQL Server 2022 Multi-Subnet Failover Clustering Deployment and Resiliency > APEX Block Storage SDS instance using Azure VM
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 Type | Standard_F48s_v2 |
vCPUs | 48 |
Memory (GiB) | 96 |
Storage type (GB) | 4 x 2048GB Premium SSD LRS |
Max throughput (MBps) | 125 |
Software | Version |
Operating system (AMI) | Linux SLES 15.4 |
PowerFlex SDS | 4.5.1 |