VMware Cloud Flex Storage delivers a disaggregated, elastic, and natively integrated storage service for VMware Cloud on AWS that is fully managed by VMware. With VMware Cloud Flex Storage, partners can scale storage and compute independently of each other and pay for only the resources they use.
With unparalleled power and flexibility, VMware Cloud Flex Storage offers:
• Independent scaling of storage capacity so you can scale storage capacity without purchasing additional hosts.
• On-demand and elastic scaling of storage to elastically adjust storage capacity up or down as needed.
• Natively integrated storage service for VMware Cloud on AWS with the ability to easily attach datastores with a few clicks from the VMware Cloud Console.
• Fully managed solution that is sold, operated, and directly supported by VMware.
• Built-in enterprise-class storage features that utilize built-in, always-on data services, including at-rest encryption, global deduplication and compression, and data integrity.
• Flexibility to pay only for the storage that you consume under a simple price per GB pricing model.
VMware Cloud Flex Storage Use Cases
Seamless and cost-effective migration
• Reduce complexity
• Reduce time-to-value • Reduce cost
Elastic data center extension
• Dynamically scale resources
• Flexibly consume across clouds • Consistent hybrid cloud
Scaling of storage-intensive workloads
• Independently scale storage
• Scale large volumes of data
• Agile, flexible and cost-effective
Advantages of VMware Cloud Flex Storage
Scalable & Elastic:
• Scale storage without adding hosts
• Elastic scaling of capacity
• Delivered on demand
Simplified Operations:
• Fully managed by VMware
•Natively integrated into VMware Cloud on AWS
• Simple and easy-to-use
Predictable Cloud Economics:
• Pay-as-you-consume
• Simple $/GiB pricingCost effective
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