File Server in Azure

teaboy5 · 20 Nov 2016 at 22:13

Is anyone here using a file server based in azure? As in a Windows 2012 box with the file sharing role applied to it.

Caged · 20 Nov 2016 at 22:21

SMB is quite chatty, so your performance over a WAN isn't going to be great. What do you want to use it for?

teaboy5 · 20 Nov 2016 at 22:47

Replacing all onsite hosts and SAN's but looking into azure and seeing what I can put up there. I tested their SMB share service, but this didn't work out. Any time I search for a file server in azure I am brought back to is their file share smb 3.0 service.

Just wanted some real world thoughts on it.

Caged · 21 Nov 2016 at 00:22

Why do you want your file storage in Azure? What problem are you solving?

Deleted member 138126 · 21 Nov 2016 at 12:34

I'd get a local NAS -- I am completely over using Windows Server as file servers. Dedicated NAS units are so much better in so many ways. If you have a remote site you could get something with built-in replication, otherwise backup to Azure?

randomshenans · 22 Nov 2016 at 15:23

Or just use O365 if you want to go cloud...?

TrafficMaster · 24 Nov 2016 at 09:32

You are charged money for data transfer out of Azure... if its going to be big, its going to cost a lot.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/bandwidth/

edscdk · 24 Nov 2016 at 09:36

Caged said:
Why do you want your file storage in Azure? What problem are you solving?

files open too fast on the current setup... need a slower solution....

d_brennen · 24 Nov 2016 at 09:40

edscdk said:
files open too fast on the current setup... need a slower solution....

Just spat my coffee out, everyone's looking

TrafficMaster · 24 Nov 2016 at 10:03

Oh I just read, replacing SANS with Azure storage?

Going to get expensive.

File Server in Azure

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