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Good solutions for readonly data in Azure Storage
Hi marcelovvm,
considering your requirements, Azure Blob Storage appears to be a fitting solution.
It is designed to efficiently store vast amounts of unstructured data, including the file types you specified.
Azure Blob Storage offers high availability, security, durability, scalability, and redundancy.
It provides different storage tiers, such as hot, cool, and archive, catering to various use cases.
For granting read-only access to your employees, Azure Storage supports optional anonymous read access for containers and blobs.
But, it's important to note that by default, anonymous access is not allowed, and explicit authorization is required for all requests.
To facilitate access, third-party tools like CloudBerry Drive for Microsoft Azure can be utilized to map Azure Blob Storage as a network drive, although this method is not officially supported.
Alternatively, you may consider Azure Files.
It supports the mapping of drives to both local and Azure-hosted systems. By creating a share in Azure Files, you can easily map it as a network drive on your local computers.
Introduction to Blob (object) Storage - Azure Storage | Microsoft Learn
Choose a data storage technology - Azure Architecture Center | Microsoft Learn
Configure anonymous read access for containers and blobs - Azure Storage | Microsoft Learn
Quickstart for creating and using Azure file shares | Microsoft Learn
Mount Azure Blob Storage by using the NFS 3.0 protocol - Azure Storage | Microsoft Learn
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Hi LeonPavesic,
Tks for the answers! I believe that both solutions are well used for my needs, but Azure Files costs WAY more than Blob (almost 5X more expensive - for my region: Brazil South).
I know that the flexibility of Azure files is greater than that of Blob Storage, but the data we want to store is historical data, used only as a query... like a technical library.
However, my biggest concern if we go in the direction of Blob Storage is how to make access to this data available to the company's 150 employees.
Using CloubBerry would I have to buy a license per computer or can I place the mapping on a local server and then share it on the local network?
Live long and prosper,
Marcelo Magalhães