Azure Information Field offline information switch answer permits you ship petabytes of knowledge into Azure Storage in a fast, cheap, and dependable method.
Azure Information Field offline information switch answer permits you ship petabytes of knowledge into Azure Storage in a fast, cheap, and dependable method. The safe information switch is accelerated by {hardware} switch units that allow offline information ingestion to Azure.
We’re excited to announce a number of new service capabilities together with:
- Normal availability of self-encrypted drives Azure Information Field Disk SKU that permits quick transfers on Linux methods.
- Assist for information ingestion to a number of blob entry tiers in a single order.
- Preview of cross-region information transfers for seamless information ingest from supply nation or area to pick out Azure locations in a special nation or area.
- Assist in Azure Storage Mover for on-line catch-up information copy of any adjustments 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 beneath.
Azure Information Field Disk: self-encrypted drives
Azure Information Field Disk is now typically out there 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 information encryption, with none software program dependency from the host machine. These SEDs use the specialised native {hardware} current on the disk for information encryption, with none software program dependencies on the host machine. With this providing, we now help comparable information 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 prospects because it connects on to the in-car Linux-based information loggers via a SATA interface, thereby eliminating the necessity for a secondary information copy from one other in-car storage and saving time. Right here is how Xylon, producer of automotive information loggers makes use of Azure Information Field Disk: self encrypted drives emigrate Superior driver-assistance methods (ADAS) sensor information to Azure:
By way of the cooperation with the Microsoft Azure staff, we now have enabled direct information logging to the hardware-encrypted Information Field Disks plugged into our logiRECORDER Automotive HIL Video Logger. It permits our frequent prospects to switch treasured information from the check fleet to the cloud within the easiest and quickest potential approach, with out losing time on pointless information copying and reformatting alongside the best way.”
—Jura Ivanovic, Product Director, Automotive HIL Video Logger, Xylon
Be taught extra about Information Field Disk: self encrypted drives and get began migrating your on-premises information to Azure.
Multi-access tier ingestion help
Now you can switch information to totally different blob entry tiers together with Chilly Tier in a single Azure Information Field order. Beforehand, Azure Information Field solely supported transferring information to the default entry tiers of Azure Storage Accounts. For instance, in case you wished to maneuver information to the Cool tier in an Azure Storage Account that has the default set to sizzling, you’ll have needed to first transfer the info to sizzling tier by way of Azure Information Field after which leverage life cycle administration to maneuver the info to the Cool tier after it’s uploaded to Azure.
We now have now launched new “entry tier” folders within the folder hierarchy on the gadget. All information that you simply copy to the “Cool” folder can have it’s entry tier set as cool, regardless of the default entry tier of the vacation spot Storage account, and equally for information copied to different folders representing the assorted entry tiers. Be taught extra about multi-access tier ingestion help.
Cross-region information switch to pick out Azure areas
We’re excited to share that Azure Information Field cross-region information switch capabilities, now in preview, helps seamless ingest of on-premises information from a supply nation or area to pick out Azure locations in a special nation or area. For instance, with this functionality now you can copy on-premises information from Singapore or India to the West United States Azure vacation spot area. Notice that the Azure Information Field gadget isn’t shipped throughout commerce boundaries. As a substitute, it’s transported from and to an Azure information Middle throughout the originating nation or area the place the on-premises information resides. Information switch to the vacation spot Azure area takes place throughout the Azure community with out incurring further charges.
Be taught extra about this functionality and the supported nation or area combos for Azure Information Field, Azure Information Field Disk, and Azure Information Field Heavy respectively.
Assist for on-line catch-up copy with Azure Storage Mover Integration
In case your information supply has any energetic workloads, it is going to doubtless make adjustments whereas your Azure Information Field is in transit to Azure. Consequently, you’ll additionally have to carry these adjustments to your cloud storage, earlier than a workload may be lower over to it. We’re completely happy to announce you could now mix the Azure Storage Mover and Information Field companies to type an efficient file and folder migration answer to attenuate downtime in 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 (equivalent to permissions) has modified, Azure Storage Mover will add solely the brand new metadata as an alternative of the complete file content material.
Be taught extra about how catch-up copies with Azure Storage Mover’s merge and mirror copy mode may help switch solely the delta information 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 a lot of our prospects throughout the healthcare and monetary sectors respectively, and we’re completely happy to have achieved the compliance standing to allow our prospects’ information switch wants.
Further product updates
- Assist for as much as 4 TB Azure recordsdata throughout the product household.
- Assist for information switch to “Poland Central” and “Italy North” Azure areas.
- Transfers to Premium Azure Information and Blob Archive tiers now supported with Information Field Disk.
- The information copy service, which considerably improves the ingestion and add time for small recordsdata, is now typically out there.
Our purpose is to repeatedly improve the simplicity of your offline information transfers, and your enter is invaluable. Ought to you may have any ideas or suggestions concerning Azure Information Field, be happy to achieve out by way of electronic mail at DataBox@microsoft.com. We look ahead to you reviewing your suggestions and feedback.