Technical articles about deploying and managing storage based on Windows Server storage technologies found in Azure hybrid or private cloud built with Windows Server.
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Beyond Basics: Practical scenarios with Azure Storage Actions Continue Reading
Azure Native Integrations tightly couple partner solutions to the Azure management experience allowing you to deploy and operate industry-leading solutions like Pure Storage Cloud with the same tools and methodology you use with Azure services like virtual machines, storage accounts, and Azure Kubernetes Service clusters. Azure provides a broad portfolio of block, file and object
Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud brings the best of Pure and Azure to our customers Continue Reading
Azure Files makes it easy to run your file shares in the cloud without the overhead of on-premises file servers or NAS devices. Until now, managing file shares in Azure has also meant managing storage accounts, an extra layer of management that brings along capacity planning, shared settings, and scaling challenges. To simplify this experience,
Simplifying file share management and control for Azure Files Continue Reading
As organizations adopt Azure Elastic SAN for scalable high-performance storage, we are pleased to announce the public preview of backup support via Azure Backup and Commvault. These fully managed solutions simplify data protection for Elastic SAN volumes, automating backup scheduling, restore point management, and data recovery. They help safeguard your volumes against data loss scenarios
For enterprise IT professionals or startup developers alike, cost efficiency for file storage is top of mind. Whether you’re running mission-critical databases, production scale applications like SAP, or cloud native applications using file storage on AKS, your storage infrastructure should adapt to your workload – not the other way around. To bring this flexibility to
Lower costs and boost flexibility with Azure Files provisioned v2 Continue Reading
Disclaimer: The following is a post authored by our partner Qumulo. Qumulo has been a valued partner in the Azure Storage ecosystem for many years and we are happy to share details on their unique approach to solving challenges of scalable filesystems! Whether you’re training massive AI models, running HPC simulations in life sciences, or
As organizations increasingly move to cloud environments, safeguarding data security both at rest and during transit is essential for protecting sensitive information from emerging threats and for maintaining regulatory compliance. Azure Files already offers encryption at rest using Microsoft-managed or customer-managed keys for NFS file shares. Today, we’re excited to announce the General Availability of Encryption in Transit (EiT) for NFS file shares. By default, Azure encrypts data moving across regions. In addition, all
Secure Linux workloads using Azure Files with Encryption in Transit Continue Reading
A few weeks ago, we received a call familiar to many cloud architects—a customer with a massive GlusterFS deployment impacted by Red Hat’s end-of-support deadline (December 2024) wondering: “What now?”. With hundreds of terabytes across their infrastructure serving both internal teams and external customers, moving away from GlusterFS became a business continuity imperative. Having worked
From GlusterFS to Azure Files: A Real-World Migration Story Continue Reading
Azure Files NFS v4.1 is a fully managed, enterprise-grade solution purpose-built to run high-performance Linux workloads in the cloud with native NFS semantics and full POSIX compatibility. Azure Files delivers fully managed SMB and NFS file storage with built-in high availability and durability. It eliminates the need to provision or manage file servers, enabling seamless
We are thrilled to announce a limited public preview of vaulted backups for Azure Data Lake Storage. This is available now for test workloads and we’d like to get your feedback. Vaults are secure, encrypted copies of your data, enabling restoration to an alternate location in cases of accidental or malicious deletion. Vaulted backups are fully
Protect Azure Data Lake Storage with Vaulted Backups Continue Reading
