Hitachi Vantara Virtual Storage Platform One software defined storage block delivers an agile, scalable, performant and cost-effective solution to access, store, and manage data across a hybrid cloud environment. Architected on EC2 instances, our patented Polyphase Erasure Coding removes barriers to scalability and maximizes performance and delivers on our legendary RAS capabilities, with no single point of failure. Powered by the Software Virtualization Operating System and managed by Ops Center Administrator, you experience the same common storage interface for proactive and predictive decision making. Deployment is possible in regions that meet either of the following criteria. 1. Regions verified by Hitachi Vantara (In V1.18, supported regions are listed as verified regions). 2. Regions where Azure VM support the following resources a) Azure VM Size: E32s_v5 / D32s_v5 / E4s_v5 b) Disk Type: PremiumSSD / PremiumSSDv2 c) Azure Serial Console