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Cloud to Ground AND Ground to Cloud with AWS EKS, OpenShift and Dell Technologies PowerFlex Software Defined storage

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A guest post by Ambar Hassani This blog is part of the Dell Infrastructure-as-a-code saga series. Cloud-like agility for on-premises infrastructure is multifaceted and usually combines a strong consumption-based model, ability to scale around dynamic requirements and most importantly the technological integration for modern Infrastructure-as-a-code pipelines. Dell’s offerings encompass all of the above to ensure a true…
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Integrating EKS Public in AWS and Dell APEX Block for AWS

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A guest post by Ambar Hassani Since the launch of APEX Block on AWS and my previous blog on the Cross-cloud Hybrid data plane based on PowerFlex Software Defined Storage., many have reached out to me to write a detailed blog on integrating EKS with APEX Block on AWS offering from Dell. Although, I won’t be going…
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Cross-cloud Hybrid Data Plane for Kubernetes persistent workloads using Dell PowerFlex 4.5 Software Defined Storage

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A guest post by ambar hassani This article is part of the EKS Anywhere series EKS Anywhere, extending the Hybrid cloud momentum | by Ambar Hassani Cross-cloud data mobility is one of the hottest requirements in a multi/hybrid cloud landscape as the surge for Data on Kubernetes and a data-first strategy gains significant momentum. Technology outcomes such…

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Dell Apex Protection Storage – Optimise backup cost with AWS S3 Intelligent Tiering and DDVE 7.13

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A post by Martin Hayes Just before the New Year, PowerProtect DDVE on AWS 7.13 dropped. With it came official documented support for AWS S3 Intelligent Tiering. Indeed manual or direct tiering is supported also using S3 Lifecycle Management, but Intelligent Tiering is recommended as it, well just works, and with no nasty retrieval costs…
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Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS – A Candidate for Database Workloads? Let’s Unpack.. (Part 2)

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A Guest Post by Damian Erangey Welcome back to our in-depth exploration of APEX Block Storage for AWS. In the first part of our series, we delved into the nuances of APEX Block Storage as a viable option for database workloads and its interplay with various AWS volume types. Our discussion revealed the intricate details of performance,…
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Dell PowerScale OneFS 9.7 Is Here

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Dell PowerScale OneFS is the operating system that powers the PowerScale scale-out NAS storage platform. It is designed to handle large-scale, unstructured data with high performance, efficiency, and simplicity. OneFS combines the functions of a file system, a volume manager, and a data protection system into a single, unified layer that spans across multiple nodes…
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Dell APEX Protection Storage for Public Cloud: Build your DDVE and PPDM Playground.

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A post by Martin Hayes YAML Cloud formation Script for standing up the base AWS VPC architecture: My last set of blogs concentrated around running through best practices and standing up the AWS infrastructure, so as to get to the point whereby we deployed DDVE in a private subnet, it was protected by a Security group,…
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Dell APEX Protection Storage for Public Cloud: Part4 – DDVE on AWS End to End Installation Demo

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A post by Martin Hayes Part 4: Automated Infrastructure as Code with AWS CloudFormation The last in this series of blog posts. I’ll keep the written piece brief, given that the video is 24 minutes long. It passes quickly I promise! The original intent of this series was to examine how we build the security building…
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Dell APEX Protection Storage for Public Cloud: Part 3 – Securing the AWS Environment

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A post by Martin Hayes Firewalling EC2 leveraging Security Groups Quick recap. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series we concentrated on the relationship between the DDVE software running on EC2 and its target datastore, S3. As with anything cloud based permissions and IAM play a critical role and then we delved into the techniques used to securely…
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Dell APEX Protection Storage for Public Cloud: Part 2 – Securing the AWS Environment

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A post by Martin Hayes Private connectivity from DDVE to S3 leveraging VPC S3 Endpoints. Where we are at ? In Part 1 we talked about securing the relationship between the DDVE instance and the target S3 instance. This was a permissions based approach leveraging the very powerful native IAM features and key management capabilities of AWS. A…