Data migration to the cloud: Move large amounts of data to Azure quickly and cost effectively.Use this service in the following scenarios: Azure Import/Export use casesĬonsider using Azure Import/Export service when uploading or downloading data over the network is too slow, or getting additional network bandwidth is cost-prohibitive. For more information, go to Azure Data Box Disk overview. You can quickly configure disk drives, copy data to disk drives over a USB 3.0 connection, and ship the disk drives back to Azure. Microsoft ships up to 5 encrypted solid-state disk drives (SSDs) with a 40 TB total capacity per order, to your datacenter through a regional carrier. If you want to transfer data using disk drives supplied by Microsoft, you can use Azure Data Box Disk to import data into Azure. You can also use disk drives supplied by Microsoft. Supply your own disk drives and transfer data with the Azure Import/Export service. Data from one or more disk drives can be imported either to Azure Blob storage or Azure Files. This service can also be used to transfer data from Azure Blob storage to disk drives and ship to your on-premises sites. Azure Import/Export service is used to securely import large amounts of data to Azure Blob storage and Azure Files by shipping disk drives to an Azure datacenter.
