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Dell EMC PowerProtect DDVE in the Azure Cloud 7.8 Installation and Administration Guide

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DDVE cloud features

DDVE provides the capabilities of a cloud DD system using the following resource configuration sizes:

  • DDVE supports:
    • Azure Standard Cloud
    • Azure Government Cloud
    • Azure China Cloud
    • (DDVE does not support U.S. DoD Cloud)
  • DDVE supports two types of data storage for Azure:
    • DDVE on Block storage
    • DDVE on Hot Blob storage (recommended)
Table 1. DDVE on Azure resource configuration size
Type Resource configuration size
DDVE on Block storage
  • DDVE on Block storage: Up to 16 TB.
  • DDVE capacity is available in 1 TB increments starting at 512 GB.
DDVE on Hot Blob storage (recommended)
  • DDVE capacity is available up to 256 TB.

The following diagram shows the disk and container layouts for DDVE on block storage and Hot Blob storage.

Figure 1. DDVE in Azure hot blob storage with managed disks (recommended)


The following sections list supported DD protocols and features in DDVE.

Supported DD protocols

  • DD Boost over IP
  • DD Boost FS

Supported DD features

  • DD Boost managed file replication (MFR)
  • Encryption
  • MTree replication
  • DD System Manager GUI for DDVE management
  • DD Active Tier (DD Cloud Tier is not supported)
  • Secure multitenancy (SMT) with Network Isolation Support
  • DD Boost/BoostFS for Big Data
  • Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP)
  • More restricted IPtables settings
  • Azure for Government Cloud
  • Retention Lock Governance Edition (supported on DDVE, on premises and in the cloud)
  • Auto Retention Lock (ARL) and Indefinite Retention Hold (IRH), supported for RLG MTrees on DDVE
NOTE DDVE supports these replication capabilities:
  • Managed file replication and MTree replication
  • Replication across availability zones and regions
  • Bi-directional replication between on-premises and Azure

The DDOS Administration Guide, DD Boost OST Guide, DD Boost for Partner Integration Administration Guide provide additional information about supported protocols and features.

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