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Azure Stack HCI Products

Microsoft Azure Stack HCI subscriptions and Microsoft-validated Dell hardware nodes — everything needed for cloud-connected on-premises HCI.

Microsoft Azure Stack HCI (now Azure Local) extends Azure services to on-premises hardware — run VMs, AKS containers, and Azure Arc workload…

Azure Stack HCI Stretched Cluster extends a single HCI cluster across two physical locations with synchronous Storage Replica replication — …

Dell's latest Microsoft-validated Azure Stack HCI node — AX-770 with 6th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (up to 86 cores), 8 TB DDR5, 245 TB all-NVM…

Product Comparison

Azure Stack HCI Platform vs Stretched Cluster vs Dell Integrated System

Feature	Azure Stack HCI Platform	Stretched Cluster	Dell AX-770 Node
Max Nodes / Cluster	16 nodes	16 (8/site)	2–16 nodes
Storage / Cluster	4 PB	4 PB	245 TB/node
Max RAM / Host	24 TB	24 TB	8 TB DDR5
VMs / Host	1,024	1,024	1,024
Processor	Intel / AMD	Intel / AMD	Intel Xeon 6th Gen
NVMe Storage	Vendor NVMe	Vendor NVMe	245 TB E3.S NVMe
GPU Support	NVIDIA (latest)	NVIDIA (latest)	RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
Pricing Model	$10/core/month	$10/core/month	CAPEX / APEX
Windows Server Guests	Separate licence	Separate	OEM bundling available
AKS Support	✓ Arc enabled	✓ Arc enabled	✓ Arc enabled
Stretched Cluster	Optional add-on	✓ Built-in	✓ Validated
Hardware Validation	Catalog certified	Catalog certified	✓ Integrated System

Azure Stack HCI Integrated System nodes are available from leading hardware vendors, all tested and certified in the Microsoft hardware catalog.

Dell Technologies

AX-640, AX-770, AX-7525

HPE

ProLiant DL380 Gen11 HCI

Lenovo

ThinkSystem V3 HCI

Cisco

UCS HCI Integrated

DataON

Azure Stack HCI appliances

Servnet provides Azure Stack HCI licensing, validated hardware, and professional deployment services across the UK.