APEX Block Storage for AWS aggregates the resources and then shares them across the entire cluster. APEX Block Storage for AWS then automatically maintains a balance across all resources, to support each application’s need. You can also add storage and/or compute on-the-fly with no downtime or impact to applications because APEX Block Storage for AWS effortlessly balances the available resources.
The same flexibility exists with Dell APEX Block Storage for other hyperscalers. The software can be deployed on either managed disks for most workloads or on instances with native attached NVMe SSDs for more performance-optimized workloads. A deployment of Dell APEX Block for AWS provides these benefits:
- Flexible deployments: Provide options to optimize cost and performance based on your workload requirements.
- Seamless data mobility: Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS offers several ways to move data from on premises to the cloud and back, as well as between regions in the cloud. Features include native asynchronous replication, snapshots, and integrated backup and recovery solutions. Dell APEX Navigator for Multicloud Storage (available Q4 2023) will orchestrate data mobility capabilities, such as snapshot shipping.
- Resiliency: Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS provides a no-compromise 6x9s of availability in a single AZ, surpassing the durability of native cloud block storage services.
- Multi-AZ durability: Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS has a unique ability to spread data protection across multi-availability zones, ensuring data access without having extra copies of data or needing to use replication across AZs.
- Enterprise data services: The product provides thin provisioning, snapshots, and replication which can be required for mission critical workloads on the public clouds. Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS native replication enables data mobility between on-premises and cloud and/or to have a warm standby copy in another region or on-premises for additional protection against a regional disaster.
- Performance and linear scalability: Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS is well suited to support very large databases, analytics workloads, and multiple container (Kubernetes) development and production deployments.
- The cloud experience – anywhere: Being able to access and interact with cloud services, resources, and applications from anywhere, regardless of the physical location of the data.