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PowerFlex rack is a software-defined infrastructure platform that delivers flexibility, elasticity, and simplicity with predictable performance and resiliency at scale by combining compute as well as high-performance storage resources in a managed unified network. This rack-based engineered system, with integrated networking, enables customers to achieve the scalability and management requirements of a modern data center.
PowerFlex appliance is a PowerEdge server which has been configured to be a node in a software-defined infrastructure deployment that runs PowerFlex software components. This offering allows customers the flexibility and savings to bring their own compatible networking.
PowerFlex Custom Nodes are validated server building-blocks configured for use with PowerFlex. They are available with thousands of configuration options and are available for customers who prefer to build their own environments.
PowerFlex software can also be deployed in the public cloud and is available in the Amazon Marketplace as Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS (formerly known as PowerFlex cloud storage on AWS) offering the same on-premises benefits of high-performance, linear scalability, and high resilience as in cloud. In addition to larger volume sizes, higher performance, predictable scalability, and high performance with low latency you can also get higher resilience when PowerFlex Fault sets are automatically distributed across multiple AWS Availability Zones. One can easily migrate data from an on-premises PowerFlex deployment to Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS deployment, or from public cloud back to on-premises, by using the PowerFlex native replication technology. For details on the supported deployment configurations, see the Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS Deployment Guide.