Azure Information Field offline knowledge switch answer permits you ship petabytes of information into Azure Storage in a fast, cheap, and dependable method.
Azure Information Field offline knowledge switch answer permits you ship petabytes of information into Azure Storage in a fast, cheap, and dependable method. The safe knowledge switch is accelerated by {hardware} switch units that allow offline knowledge ingestion to Azure.
We’re excited to announce a number of new service capabilities together with:
- Common availability of self-encrypted drives Azure Information Field Disk SKU that permits quick transfers on Linux methods.
- Help for knowledge ingestion to a number of blob entry tiers in a single order.
- Preview of cross-region knowledge transfers for seamless knowledge ingest from supply nation or area to pick Azure locations in a special nation or area.
- Help in Azure Storage Mover for on-line catch-up knowledge copy of any modifications energetic workloads could have generated submit offline migrations with Azure Information Field.
Moreover, we’re completely happy to share the Azure Information Field cloud service is HIPAA/BAA, PCI 3DS and PCI DSS licensed. Extra particulars on every of those new capabilities may be discovered under.
Azure Information Field Disk: self-encrypted drives
Azure Information Field Disk is now typically obtainable in a hardware-encrypted choice within the European Union, United States, and Japan. These self-encrypting drives (SEDs) use the devoted/native/specialised {hardware} for knowledge encryption, with none software program dependency from the host machine. These SEDs use the specialised native {hardware} current on the disk for knowledge encryption, with none software program dependencies on the host machine. With this providing, we now help comparable knowledge switch charges on Linux as that of our BitLocker-encrypted Information Field Disk drives on Home windows.
Azure Information Field Disk SED is fashionable with a few of our Automotive clients because it connects on to the in-car Linux-based knowledge loggers by means of a SATA interface, thereby eliminating the necessity for a secondary knowledge copy from one other in-car storage and saving time. Right here is how Xylon, producer of automotive knowledge loggers makes use of Azure Information Field Disk: self encrypted drives emigrate Superior driver-assistance methods (ADAS) sensor knowledge to Azure:
By the cooperation with the Microsoft Azure group, we’ve got enabled direct knowledge logging to the hardware-encrypted Information Field Disks plugged into our logiRECORDER Automotive HIL Video Logger. It permits our frequent clients to switch treasured knowledge from the take a look at fleet to the cloud within the easiest and quickest attainable means, with out losing time on pointless knowledge copying and reformatting alongside the best way.”
—Jura Ivanovic, Product Director, Automotive HIL Video Logger, Xylon
Study extra about Information Field Disk: self encrypted drives and get began migrating your on-premises knowledge to Azure.
Multi-access tier ingestion help
Now you can switch knowledge to totally different blob entry tiers together with Chilly Tier in a single Azure Information Field order. Beforehand, Azure Information Field solely supported transferring knowledge to the default entry tiers of Azure Storage Accounts. For instance, if you happen to wished to maneuver knowledge to the Cool tier in an Azure Storage Account that has the default set to sizzling, you’ll have needed to first transfer the information to sizzling tier by way of Azure Information Field after which leverage life cycle administration to maneuver the information to the Cool tier after it’s uploaded to Azure.
We have now now launched new “entry tier” folders within the folder hierarchy on the gadget. All knowledge that you just copy to the “Cool” folder could have it’s entry tier set as cool, no matter the default entry tier of the vacation spot Storage account, and equally for knowledge copied to different folders representing the assorted entry tiers. Study extra about multi-access tier ingestion help.
Cross-region knowledge switch to pick Azure areas
We’re excited to share that Azure Information Field cross-region knowledge switch capabilities, now in preview, helps seamless ingest of on-premises knowledge from a supply nation or area to pick Azure locations in a special nation or area. For instance, with this functionality now you can copy on-premises knowledge from Singapore or India to the West United States Azure vacation spot area. Word that the Azure Information Field gadget isn’t shipped throughout commerce boundaries. As a substitute, it’s transported from and to an Azure knowledge Middle throughout the originating nation or area the place the on-premises knowledge resides. Information switch to the vacation spot Azure area takes place throughout the Azure community with out incurring extra charges.
Study extra about this functionality and the supported nation or area mixtures for Azure Information Field, Azure Information Field Disk, and Azure Information Field Heavy respectively.
Help for on-line catch-up copy with Azure Storage Mover Integration
In case your knowledge supply has any energetic workloads, it should possible make modifications whereas your Azure Information Field is in transit to Azure. Consequently, you’ll additionally must carry these modifications to your cloud storage, earlier than a workload may be minimize over to it. We’re completely happy to announce that you could now mix the Azure Storage Mover and Information Field companies to kind an efficient file and folder migration answer to reduce downtime to your workloads. Storage Mover jobs can detect variations between your on-site and cloud storage to successfully switch any updates and new recordsdata not beforehand captured by your Information Field switch. For instance, if solely a file’s metadata (reminiscent of permissions) has modified, Azure Storage Mover will add solely the brand new metadata as an alternative of the complete file content material.
Study extra about how catch-up copies with Azure Storage Mover’s merge and mirror copy mode will help switch solely the delta knowledge to Azure.
Certifications
The Azure Information Field cloud service has achieved HIPAA/BAA, PCI 3DS & PCI DSS certifications. These certifications have been key requests from lots of our clients throughout the healthcare and monetary sectors respectively, and we’re completely happy to have achieved the compliance standing to allow our clients’ knowledge switch wants.
Further product updates
- Help for as much as 4 TB Azure recordsdata throughout the product household.
- Help for knowledge switch to “Poland Central” and “Italy North” Azure areas.
- Transfers to Premium Azure Recordsdata and Blob Archive tiers now supported with Information Field Disk.
- The knowledge copy service, which considerably improves the ingestion and add time for small recordsdata, is now typically obtainable.
Our aim is to repeatedly improve the simplicity of your offline knowledge transfers, and your enter is invaluable. Ought to you will have any ideas or suggestions relating to Azure Information Field, be at liberty to achieve out by way of electronic mail at DataBox@microsoft.com. We sit up for you reviewing your suggestions and feedback.
