New Azure Knowledge Field capabilities to speed up your offline information migration

Azure Knowledge Field offline information switch resolution permits you ship petabytes of knowledge into Azure Storage in a fast, cheap, and dependable method.

Azure Knowledge Field offline information switch resolution 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 gadgets 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 allows 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 unique nation or area.
• Assist in Azure Storage Mover for on-line catch-up information copy of any modifications lively workloads might have generated publish offline migrations with Azure Knowledge Field.

Moreover, we’re blissful 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 beneath.

Azure Knowledge Field Disk: self-encrypted drives

Azure Knowledge Field Disk is now usually out there in a hardware-encrypted possibility 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 information switch charges on Linux as that of our BitLocker-encrypted Knowledge Field Disk drives on Home windows.

Azure Knowledge Field Disk SED is fashionable with a few of our Automotive prospects because it connects on to the in-car Linux-based information loggers by way of 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, we have now enabled direct information logging to the hardware-encrypted Knowledge Field Disks plugged into our logiRECORDER Automotive HIL Video Logger. It allows our widespread prospects to switch treasured information from the take a look at fleet to the cloud within the easiest and quickest doable approach, with out losing time on pointless information copying and reformatting alongside the way in which.”

—Jura Ivanovic, Product Director, Automotive HIL Video Logger, Xylon 

Study extra about Knowledge Field Disk: self encrypted drives and get began migrating your on-premises information to Azure. 

Multi-access tier ingestion assist

Now you can switch information to totally different blob entry tiers together with Chilly 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, in the event you wished to maneuver information to the Cool tier in an Azure Storage Account that has the default set to scorching, you’ll have needed to first transfer the information to scorching tier by way of Azure Knowledge Field after which leverage life cycle administration to maneuver the information to the Cool tier after it’s uploaded to Azure. 

We have now now launched new “entry tier” folders within the folder hierarchy on the system. All information that you just copy to the “Cool” folder can have it’s entry tier set as cool, no matter the default entry tier of the vacation spot Storage account, and equally for information copied to different folders representing the assorted entry tiers. Study extra about multi-access tier ingestion assist. 

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 unique 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 system 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. Knowledge switch to the vacation spot Azure area takes place throughout the Azure community with out incurring further charges. 

Study extra about this functionality and the supported nation or area mixtures for Azure Knowledge Field, Azure Knowledge Field Disk, and Azure Knowledge Field Heavy respectively. 

Assist for on-line catch-up copy with Azure Storage Mover Integration

In case your information supply has any lively workloads, it’ll seemingly make modifications whereas your Azure Knowledge Field is in transit to Azure. Consequently, you’ll additionally must deliver these modifications to your cloud storage, earlier than a workload may be reduce over to it. We’re blissful to announce that you would be able to now mix the Azure Storage Mover and Knowledge Field companies to type an efficient file and folder migration resolution to reduce downtime to your workloads. Storage Mover jobs can detect variations between your on-site and cloud storage to successfully switch any updates and new information not beforehand captured by your Knowledge Field switch. For instance, if solely a file’s metadata (reminiscent of permissions) has modified, Azure Storage Mover will add solely the brand new metadata as a substitute of the complete file content material. 

Study extra about how catch-up copies with Azure Storage Mover’s merge and mirror copy mode can assist switch solely the delta information 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 blissful to have achieved the compliance standing to allow our prospects’ information switch wants.

Extra product updates

• Assist for as much as 4 TB Azure information throughout the product household.

• Assist for information switch to “Poland Central” and “Italy North” Azure areas.

• Transfers to Premium Azure Recordsdata and Blob Archive tiers now supported with Knowledge Field Disk.

• The information copy service, which considerably improves the ingestion and add time for small information, is now usually out there.

Our objective is to repeatedly improve the simplicity of your offline information transfers, and your enter is invaluable. Ought to you’ve any options or suggestions relating to Azure Knowledge Field, be happy to achieve out by way of electronic mail at Da*****@*******ft.com. We look ahead to you reviewing your suggestions and feedback.