Each Cloud Accelerator instance requires at least two virtual disks. One disk stores the Cloud Accelerator configuration and management resources (this disk is automatically deployed when you create the virtual appliance); the other disk serves as the data store (you must manually add this disk). In AWS, virtual disk drives are referred to as Elastic Block Stores (EBS). Hard disk drives (HDDs), also known as magnetic drives, can be used for most models, but solid-state drives (SSDs) can provide higher performance.

Cloud Accelerator images can be installed on AWS, VMware ESXi, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) virtual machines. The Cloud Portal supports licensing and simple management for Cloud Accelerator virtual appliances on all virtual machine platforms.

All Cloud Accelerator virtual appliances, including virtual appliances intended for AWS China or AWS GovCloud regions, must be manually deployed. However, Cloud Accelerator virtual appliances can be automatically licensed through the Cloud Portal providing they have web access to the portal.

Hybrid networking features such as path selection and secure transport are not supported. Also, SCPS licenses are not supported.