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Dell EMC storage systems address rapid data growth and optimize data-center resources with simple and efficient data mobility to and from public and private clouds. Cloud Mobility for Dell EMC PowerMax offers seamless and transparent movement of application data copies from on-premises to cloud, enabling PowerMax customers to leverage public cloud for agile and economical storage. Archiving and long-term retention are primary examples of how PowerMax customers can leverage Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Dell EMC ECS for low-cost storage. PowerMaxOS Q1 2021 SR release also adds support for Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS S3. PowerMax data can be recovered back to the source PowerMax if needed. Archiving to the cloud frees capacity for on-premises PowerMax arrays to support higher priority applications.
PowerMax data stored in the cloud can be made available to an AWS system for secondary processing. For example, a Linux image can run Oracle in AWS, which in turn can mount a PowerMax database copy and perform reporting, analytics, or development/test on that database. When the secondary processing is complete, the data can be exported, and the infrastructure can be removed. This ability allows the customer to realize the inherent cost savings of a flexible public-cloud consumption model.