FRANCIS AMVANE
Storage Account Solution
Welcome to the new era of Data Storage with Azure blob Storage
This storage solution offers unmatched scalability, security and cost-effectiveness. Extremely scalable and secure object storage for cloud-native workloads, archives, data lakes, high-performance computing, and machine learning
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Introduction to Azure Storage Accounts
Description: Azure storage accounts provide highly available, durable, and scalable space to store data objects. They offer several storage services, such as blobs, queues, tables, and disks.
Importance: Azure storage accounts are essential for a multitude of scenarios, including unstructured data storage, backup and recovery, file sharing, and big data applications.
2. Azure Storage Types
Blob Storage: Ideal for storing large data objects such as documents, images, videos and backups.
File Storage: File storage accessible via the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol.
Queue Storage: Allows you to store millions of messages for asynchronous communications between application components.
Table Storage: NoSQL storage for semi-structured structured data.
3. Benefits of Azure storage accounts
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Scalability: Ability to manage large amounts of data and adapt to demand.
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High Availability: Data replication across multiple geographic regions to ensure high availability.
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Security: Data encryption options in transit and at rest, role-based access control (RBAC), and integration with EntraID
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Cost Effective: Pay-as-you-go, allowing flexible cost management. Different storage options (hot, cold, archive) to optimize costs according to access needs.
5. Cost Comparison Azure Vs. Local Hosting
Infrastructure cost: Azure eliminates the need for upfront investment in hardware and maintenance.
Scalability: Azure allows dynamic scaling without additional hardware upgrade costs.
Management and Maintenance: Azure offers automatic updates and built-in management tools, reducing management costs.
Security and Compliance: Azure invests heavily in security and compliance, offering certifications that businesses would struggle to obtain locally.
6. Migration Proposal to Azure
A. Assessment of your needs
Assessment of current and projected data volumes
Identification of data types and performance and access requirements
Security and Compliance Requirements
B. Plan de Migration
Audit of existing infrastructure: Analysis of current storage systems.
Azure Architecture Design: Creating an Azure storage architecture tailored to customer needs.
Detailed Migration Plan: Establishing a step-by-step migration plan to minimize service interruptions.
Cost calculation: Using the Azure pricing calculator to estimate costs and compare them with current on-premises hosting costs
C. Implementation
Creating Azure storage accounts: Configure storage accounts and associated services.
Security and compliance: Implemented security policies (encryption, RBAC, Azure AD integration).
Data migration: Using migration tools like Azure Data Box, Azure Storage Explorer, or AzCopy.
Testing and validation: Testing the integrity of migrated data and application performance.
C. Support and training
User training: Training teams in the use and management of Azure storage.
Ongoing Support: Post-migration support to resolve issues and optimize performance.
Key points
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Benefits
Scalability
High availability
Security
Cost - effectiveness
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Security
Authentication with Entra ID
RBAC
Data encryption
Protection against threats
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Sustainability and availability
Excellent durability
Georeplication
Flexibility
Scale as needed
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Storage Types
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Blob Storage
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File Storage
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Queue Storage
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Table Storage
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The cost depends on the following:
Volume of data stored per month
Types of operations performed
Data transfer costs
Redundancy option selected
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Migration plan
Needs assessment
Planning
- Test
- Migration
Support
