Azure Knowledge Field offline information switch resolution permits you ship petabytes of information into Azure Storage in a fast, cheap, and dependable method.
Azure Data Box offline information switch resolution permits you ship petabytes of information 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 Knowledge Field Disk SKU that permits quick transfers on Linux techniques.
- 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 Azure locations in a special nation or area.
- Assist in Azure Storage Mover for online catch-up data copy of any adjustments energetic workloads might have generated submit offline migrations with Azure Knowledge Field.
Moreover, we’re comfortable to share the Azure Knowledge 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 Knowledge Field Disk: self-encrypted drives
Azure Knowledge Field Disk is now usually accessible 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 assist comparable data transfer rates on Linux as that of our BitLocker-encrypted Knowledge Field Disk drives on Home windows.
Azure Knowledge Field Disk SED is standard with a few of our Automotive prospects because it connects on to the in-car Linux-based information loggers by 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 Knowledge Field Disk: self encrypted drives emigrate Superior driver-assistance techniques (ADAS) sensor information to Azure:
Via the cooperation with the Microsoft Azure crew, now we have enabled direct information logging to the hardware-encrypted Knowledge Field Disks plugged into our logiRECORDER Automotive HIL Video Logger. It allows our frequent prospects to switch treasured information from the take a look at fleet to the cloud within the easiest and quickest attainable manner, with out losing time on pointless information copying and reformatting alongside the way in which.”
—Jura Ivanovic, Product Director, Automotive HIL Video Logger, Xylon
Be taught extra about Data Box Disk: self encrypted drives and get started migrating your on-premises information to Azure.
Multi-access tier ingestion assist
Now you can switch information to totally different blob access tiers together with Cold Tier in a single Azure Knowledge Field order. Beforehand, Azure Knowledge Field solely supported transferring information to the default entry tiers of Azure Storage Accounts. For instance, should you wished to maneuver information to the Cool tier in an Azure Storage Account that has the default set to sizzling, you’d have needed to first transfer the info to sizzling tier through Azure Knowledge Field after which leverage life cycle management to maneuver the info to the Cool tier after it’s uploaded to Azure.
We’ve now launched new “entry tier” folders within the folder hierarchy on the gadget. All information that you simply copy to the “Cool” folder could 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 support.
Cross-region information switch to pick Azure areas
We’re excited to share that Azure Knowledge Field cross-region information switch capabilities, now in preview, helps seamless ingest of on-premises information 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 information from Singapore or India to the West United States Azure vacation spot area. Be aware that the Azure Knowledge Field gadget isn’t shipped throughout commerce boundaries. As a substitute, it’s transported from and to an Azure information Heart throughout the originating nation or area the place the on-premises information resides. Knowledge 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 Data Box, Azure Data Box Disk, and Azure Data Box Heavy respectively.
Assist for on-line catch-up copy with Azure Storage Mover Integration
In case your information supply has any energetic workloads, it’s going to seemingly make adjustments whereas your Azure Knowledge Field is in transit to Azure. Consequently, you’ll additionally have to deliver these adjustments to your cloud storage, earlier than a workload may be lower over to it. We’re comfortable to announce that you would be able to now mix the Azure Storage Mover and Knowledge Field companies to kind an efficient file and folder migration resolution to attenuate 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 Knowledge Field switch. For instance, if solely a file’s metadata (corresponding to permissions) has modified, Azure Storage Mover will add solely the brand new metadata as an alternative of all the file content material.
Be taught extra about how catch-up copies with Azure Storage Mover’s merge and mirror copy mode may also help transfer only the delta data to Azure.
Certifications
The Azure Knowledge Field cloud service has achieved HIPAA/BAA, PCI 3DS & PCI DSS certifications. These certifications have been key requests from lots of our prospects throughout the healthcare and monetary sectors respectively, and we’re comfortable to have achieved the compliance standing to allow our prospects’ information switch wants.
Extra 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 Knowledge Field Disk.
- The data copy service, which considerably improves the ingestion and add time for small recordsdata, is now usually accessible.
Our aim is to repeatedly improve the simplicity of your offline information transfers, and your enter is invaluable. Ought to you’ve any recommendations or suggestions concerning Azure Knowledge Field, be happy to succeed in out through e mail at DataBox@microsoft.com. We look ahead to you reviewing your suggestions and feedback.
