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The Dell APEX Block Storage solution for public cloud offers an enterprise grade feature set that is not present with the public hyperscalers. It does so at a price point that over a short amount of time can be lower, dollar-per-I/O, than the public cloud offerings.
Dell APEX Block Storage can exceed the capacity and performance limitations of any public cloud disk type that costs less to run overall. The performance of an APEX Block Storage volume is directly proportional to the scale of the APEX Block Storage cluster created. Stated, bigger cluster = faster volumes.
When we look deeper into the total cost of ownership (TCO), note the core tenets of the APEX Block Storage solution: its operational and cost benefits. These core tenets are: