The Avere vFXT arms application owners and computing directors tasked with managing critical high-performance computing (HPC) workloads with scalability, flexibility, and easy access to cloud and file-based storage locations. Performance: Automatic identification and caching of hot data needed for demanding workloads, minimizing storage latency for heavy-read environments Access: File-based applications can access Azure compute resources from either on-premises network-attached storage (NFS/SMB) or Azure Blob (REST) Flexibility: Get the flexibility of having the scale of Azure at your fingertips to support critical workloads The Avere vFXT caches active data closest to compute nodes in Azure Compute, initially reading data from its home in on-premises NAS or in Azure Blob and hides latency between the storage and Azure Compute.