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Copy from on-prem to Azure Archive Tier
Hi All, We have an on-prem NetApp File Share. We are thinking of copying data from on-prem NetApp file share to Azure Archive Tier ( Blob) for long term backup. The files in Azure Archive will not...
You can copy from on‑prem NetApp to Azure Archive tier, but rehydration is not seamless. When you rehydrate, the blobs are restored to Hot or Cool tier, and only then can they be accessed again. NetApp cannot directly mount Archive blobs. The practical solution is to use Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management or NetApp Cloud Tiering/Azure File Sync to manage movement between tiers, and then expose the rehydrated data back to NetApp.