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The default deployment for new APEX Cloud Platform clusters uses ACP storage nodes to provide the persistent storage for the compute cluster. Dell SDS block services are based on Dell PowerFlex, a software-defined storage platform that provides extreme performance as well as linear scalability. This provides the best experience as the coming full integration provides seamless management of the storage cluster from within the OpenShift Web Console. In this way, consuming ACP storage is more like consuming a storage service than the traditional experience of managing a storage cluster.