Use Azure’s APEX File Storage to Unlock AI Innovation. Cloud storage for AI workloads is made easier and more efficient with the new fully managed version of Dell APEX File Storage for Azure.
Synergy Between Your Data, AI, and Public Cloud
Companies are drowning in inputs from edge devices, content production, and consumer data. They are using new AI approaches to find hidden insights, forecast trends, and spur development in order to stay afloat. However, the demands on IT infrastructure increase along with data quantities.
Businesses might choose to use AI tools and services and exploit the public cloud system. Having high-performance cloud storage is essential to realizing this promise.
Purpose-Built for AI: Dell APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure
Dell and Microsoft worked together to create APEX File Storage for Azure, a cutting-edge public cloud architecture intended to maximize data access, processing, and analysis for AI-driven applications like computer vision, natural language processing, and predictive analytics, in response to the growing need for high-performance, scalable storage solutions suited to AI workloads. It was first introduced as a Customer Managed service, but it will now also be offered as a fully managed Dell solution.
By combining the unmatched scalability and flexibility of Microsoft Azure, a top global provider of public cloud services, with the storage performance, operational consistency, and enterprise-class data services from Dell, the #1 NAS solution provider, it have developed a smooth and potent environment for handling the enormous data demands of AI workloads. This enables businesses to decrease complexity, speed up AI model training, and extract more value from their data.
Take Your Cloud Journey to the Next Level with APEX File Storage for Azure
Without requiring you to restructure your storage infrastructure, the Customer Managed and new Dell Managed service versions offer streamlined data mobility, operational consistency, and enhanced performance.
With the same user-friendly interface, API interfaces, and identity management that you are currently used to with PowerScale, you will have a familiar user experience once you are in the cloud. This simplifies overall complexity by cutting down on the amount of time spent managing data and infrastructure.
You can operate workloads on the public cloud with confidence and without sacrificing quality with to a strong suite of enterprise-class capabilities, including as native replication, snapshots, CloudPools, Quality of Service (QoS), multi-protocol access, and data reduction technologies. This implies that you may concentrate on promoting innovation rather than handling complication.
APEX File Storage and native Azure features integrate seamlessly to let you get the most out of Azure. This direct connectivity allows Azure services like Azure Machine Learning, Azure Data Factory, Azure Cognitive Services, and Azure Synapse Analytics easier to use and enables advanced data processing, real-time analytics, and intelligent applications. Lowering latency, boosting data availability, and enhancing operational efficiency lets you respond quickly to changing business needs. Additionally, by offering a consistent method for managing cloud workloads and storage, the integration streamlines management.
With two service options Customer Managed and to recently launched Dell Managed that strike a balance between customization and use, discover the unmatched versatility of APEX File Storage for Azure. Utilize Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC) for expedited purchase and swiftly deploy with Azure Marketplace.
Unveiled at Microsoft Ignite 2024, the new Dell Managed version offers a simplified experience that frees up IT personnel to concentrate on important projects. You can be sure that your storage infrastructure is modern and optimal when Dell takes care of deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and updates. To anticipate that this solution, which was developed in close cooperation with Microsoft, will offer the best scalability and performance density available. It will be readily deployable through the Azure portal and immediately deployed within your company’s Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in the public cloud environment when it launches in the first half of next year.
Earlier this year, to released the Customer Managed version, which is intended for businesses that require unique setups. You may customize the solution to fit your particular requirements by having fine-grained control over the architecture, design, deployment, scalability, and infrastructure. With the best performance at scale for AIII, it can accommodate up to 18 nodes and 5.6PiB in a single namespace. Additionally, a Terraform module is used for auto deployment and management, which streamlines the procedure and lessens administrative strain.
It devotion to meeting client demands, supported by Dell’s commitment to providing outstanding support and service, is what further distinguishes APEX File Storage for Azure. The proactive support service has a 97% customer satisfaction record and offers highly skilled professionals around-the-clock, every day of the year. In order to guarantee effective deployment and best utilization of cloud resources, generating long-term value, to Dell Professional Services team provides knowledgeable advice and customized support.
