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Azure Storage was launched in 2008 as part of Microsoft’s attempt to extend its ecosystem in cloud computing. The Azure Cloud Storage platform also provided Microsoft with the opportunity to implement hybrid and multi-cloud strategies and enabled the development of easily integrable, cloud-based storage solutions.
Azure Cloud Storage is a solution for modern data storage scenarios like object, block, and file storage. This platform offers a highly scalable, durable, and secure storage solution for several data objects in the cloud, including binary, text, structured, and unstructured data, ensuring they are accessible from anywhere in the world.
Azure Cloud Storage also provides different options for data redundancy to ensure data availability regardless of hardware failures or natural disasters. With this, businesses can achieve digital transformation, optimize their IT infrastructure, and leverage the productive and innovative benefits of cloud computing.
Instead of creating and maintaining your own servers at high cost to your business, consider Amazon Simple Storage Solutions (S3). Amazon S3 works at an object level. It is scalable to store any amount of data, and it is accessible anytime on demand. With strong access controls, cost-effective storage options, and industry-leading data availability and storage, Amazon S3 can work for any size of business.
There are several storage classes within Amazon S3, all offering excellent durability and security for your data. For general purpose storage, S3 Standard and S3 Intelligent-Tiering offer low cost, low latency storage. If you access your data less frequently but still require rapid access, S3 Standard-IA or S3 One Zone-IA offers high availability storage at low costs. AWS also offers storage for archived data based on the required availability: S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval, S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval, or S3 Glacier Deep Archive.
AWS offers serverless storage through the Amazon Elastic File System (EFS), allowing you to build and configure your shared file systems quickly and easily. Amazon EFS is optimized to handle the majority of applications and features high availability and extreme durability for your data. With scalable, agile storage that grows and shrinks with your needs, Amazon EFS reduces costs by ensuring that you only pay for what you use. In addition, Amazon EFS will automatically move your rarely-accessed files to lower cost storage. Amazon EFS is your solution if you need to quickly and easily share data with no management required.
Amazon FSx is a fully Windows-compatible storage system with high availability, default backups for all files, and automatically updated hardware patches and provisioning. If you rely on a Windows-based file server that is reaching capacity or is nearing end-of-life, Amazon FSx may be the solution for you. Amazon FSx offers low latency, guaranteed performance, and industry-leading security for your business files.
In addition to working seamlessly with Windows File Server, Amazon FSx offers storage for NetApp ONTAP, Open ZFS, and Lustre. Simply choose the system you already use and your data can be transferred seamlessly to your new cloud-based file system. With Amazon FSx, you only pay for what you use, eliminating the need to invest thousands in on-site storage in favor of pay-per-use storage with Amazon FSx.
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) low latency, high performance block storage for use with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances. Amazon EBS supports SSD-based or HDD-based volume types and includes encryption for your data, both in-flight and at rest. As always, Amazon EBS is a cost-effective, scalable, and easy to use. Amazon EBS supports service levels that specialize in everything from highly available, low latency block storage to very low cost, durable storage for archived data blocks.
Amazon File Cache offers a unified view of your files, regardless of storage location. You can link physical servers, Amazon FSx, Amazon S3, or other cloud datasets within the Amazon File Cache. This low-latency cache makes it easier to process your file data by presenting a cohesive look at everything you have linked to the Amazon File Cache.
Azure Files is a cloud-based service that offers a fully managed file share solution in the cloud, allowing organizations to store and share files with their applications and virtual machines. This service features a familiar file system interface which fosters easier integration with existing applications and workloads.
With Azure Files, organizations can create file shares in the cloud that can be accessed concurrently by several users and applications. This platform also supports Server Message Block and Network File System protocols, ensuring compatibility with several applications and operating systems.
Microsoft fully manages Azure Files' infrastructure, allowing organizations to focus on their applications and data. The platform also ensures files are stored across multiple storage nodes with built-in redundancy capabilities. Other features include hybrid connectivity, scalability, and performance optimization options.
The Azure Files platform is ideal for several use cases, from application storage to content management, file sharing, and development environments. It provides a flexible and scalable solution for storing and accessing files in the cloud, effectively eliminating the need for managing on-premises file servers and providing a cost-effective storage option.
Azure Blobs is a massively scalable object store for text and binary data. This platform incorporates several data services, including data availability, encryption, fine-grained access control, client libraries, support, and visual tools. Azure Blobs also provide different options for data redundancy in the event of hardware failure or disasters. Organizations can also engage in its data analytics capabilities through Data Lake Storage Gen2, which offers a hierarchical file system and advanced features for analytics workloads.
Azure’s cloud-native Storage Area Network service offers a scalable, cost-effective, high-performance storage solution for several computing options. This service is ideal for virtual machines, containers, and cloud-native applications. Azure Elastic SAN supports the iSCSI protocol for connecting to storage volumes from several clients. This platform also provides high availability and data protection with two main redundancy options; zone redundancy storage (ZRS) and local redundancy storage (LRS).
Azure Queues helps organizations store large numbers of messages that can be accessed from anywhere with authenticated calls using HTTP or HTTPS. This service primarily creates a backlog of work to process asynchronously by separating application components and enabling reliable communication between them. A single queue message can be up to 64 KB in size, with a queue capable of containing millions of messages.
Organizations can store non-relational structured data or structured NoSQL data in the cloud with Azure Tables, providing an attribute store with a schemaless design. Azure Table is the ideal service for storing flexible datasets that don’t require complex joins, stored procedures, or foreign keys, such as address books, web applications, or other types of metadata.
Azure Managed Disks are block-level storage columns managed by Azure and utilized with the Azure VM and VMware solution. These disks are like physical ones in an on-premises server but virtualized. This service offers four disk storage options: Ultra Disk Storage, Premium SSD, Standard SSD, and Standard HDD, each with different performance characteristics and pricing models.
Azure Cloud Storage offers a wide range of storage options and is highly scalable and flexible. Designed to provide businesses with a secure and seamless integration with other Azure services, this platform serves as an ideal choice for organizations that require a comprehensive storage solution in this digital age.
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