IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on Amazon Web Services provides software defined block storage that allows you to create solutions that span from on premises to Amazon Web Services, as well as create all-in cloud data management using AWS Managed Disks. Among many capabilities, this offering provides an optimization layer for native cloud block storage infrastructure and provides a way to mirror data from on premises to cloud for Disaster Recovery solutions, Dev/Test, or Data Migration. It can also reduce the cost of your cloud storage, through greater efficiency in managing data and reducing infrastructure costs. IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud is based on the same software that runs in IBM's award-winning FlashSystem on premises storage, but it has been optimized to run on public cloud provider Infrastructure as a Service, specifically - in this case on Amazon Web Services.
IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud capabilities include:

• Migrate data between on-premises and Amazon Web Services regions or between two Amazon Web Services regions
• Implement disaster-recovery strategies between on-premises and Amazon Web Services or between two Amazon Web Services regions.
• Enable cloud-based DevOps with easy replication of data from on-premises sources
• Enhance performance and functionality, and lower cost of AWS+C4 Managed Disk block storage with advanced data services such as snapshots, thin provisioning, data reduction, and automated tiering