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Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure supports both single and multiple availability zone deployments. With multiple AZ deployments, a single cluster will span across the availability zones.
AZ type | Fault set | Instance |
Single AZ | None | |
Single AZ | None | |
Single AZ | None | |
Multiple Availability Zones (single region with three AZs) | Three (one per AZ) | |
Multiple Availability Zones (single region with three AZs) | Three (one per AZ) | |
Multiple Availability Zones (single region with three AZs) | Three (one per AZ) |
For an explanation of Azure series type VMs and drive calculations, see the section Dell APEX Block Storage for Azure limits.