Microsoft Azure Block Storage Valuable Features

Sankarguru Thirgnanasambandam - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Architect - Technology Consulting at Ernst & Young

The features are pretty good. Our company mostly uses Java and Microsoft technology. We get good metadata and can save different metadata within the solution.  

It can scale. It's at 99.99%. We can always use a different life cycle on objects so that means we don't want to store the object. On one side probably we can do cold storage and kind of thing. 

Basically, there are a lot of features that are provided and we have a lot of options.

The solution is stable. 

We found the initial setup to be straightforward. 

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Chandra Mani - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical architect at Tech Mahindra

Azure Block Storage lets you customize code you can use on that endpoint. If you want to write a logic for something, Azure Function can be used to deploy that application. 

We need to write code and plan for deployment. You can write a function in C# and use that server or any VM or Kubernetes container. If you want to release any APA or application with AKS, there are Kubernetes cluster master nodes. We recommend doing it manually if it's a simple POS or something. I strongly recommend using DevOps Tools Continuous Integration if you're an enterprise.

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SahilSharma1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at PayU Payments Private Limited

The storage is very good.

It offers good pricing on that we pay for what we use and nothing more. 

The setup is straightforward. 

It's scalable. 

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Vishnu Vardhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Consultant at Velocis Systems Private Limited

From a UI perspective, we like the workflows. Its look and feel are quite good. 

The initial setup is quite simple and straightforward, especially if you have IT knowledge. 

It is very flexible and scalable. It's very easy to adjust the data. 

The stability is good.

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GARY QUINLAN - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architectural Design and Quality Assurance at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

The most helpful features of Microsoft Azure Block Storage are the many use cases. Additionally, it can be locked down well and has two-factor authentication.

The solution has been improving over the time I have used it with new features, such as private links and managing identities.

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Sharjeel Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Security Operations at Edotco Group

Redundancy is essential for disaster recovery, and I have found that relying on SAN storage or old, on-prem services is a complicated process that often yields unsatisfactory results. Even with the proper maintenance of the data, power, and backups, these services rarely recover more than 70 percent of data in case of outages or natural disasters. Therefore, it is clear that 100 percent data recovery cannot be achieved using on-prem solutions. The purpose of the test is to evaluate the best option for data redundancy, protection, and management. We can choose from Azure's Local Redundancy Storage, Geo Redundancy Storage, or Read Access Geo Redundancy Storage. Additionally, for data protection, we can enable soft delete or versioning of the block to track all changes. Finally, for data management, we can enable settings for security.

Microsoft is currently updating a few features, such as object sizes and tiering, which were not available previously. They have created inventories and utilized snapshots for container partition calculations.

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AS
manufacturer at Diageo

The product offers hierarchical storage and we like the main space storage with business.

It's easy to set up.

We find the product to be stable. 

It is very scalable. 

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Joseph Akayesi - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Engineer at Dnar

Microsoft Azure Block Storage is an easy-to-use tool as it has a lot of APIs and libraries, making it a very easy product to get started with for a user. I think it has good APIs and libraries.

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AK
Software Developer II at CSG

The product’s security features are valuable.

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AS
manufacturer at Diageo

The tier feature in V2 is the most valuable feature of this solution. It enables you to move your storage from hot tier to cold tier into archive tier.

That is one of the features I liked it better than a version V1 because V1did not have this feature.version. Because of it, we can save costs on storage.

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RS
Cloud architecture

I like the product’s versioning and file share features. The file share feature is most useful when we are connecting on-premises services. Azure file share helps to migrate small data amounts from on-premises to the cloud.

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PB
IT consultant at Secoptrial

What I like best about Microsoft Azure Block Storage is the accessibility because it's very easy for me to access it. Microsoft takes the user's approach, so you don't have to take many steps before accessing the tool. As soon as you create Microsoft Azure Block Storage resources, you'll automatically find it easy to use it.

If you need to learn how to start, you'll find different resources and documentation about the tool, so this is another pro of Microsoft Azure Block Storage.

Another advantage of using the tool is that it's convenient because if you want to deploy new infrastructure, you can connect to the cloud and download the files to your new site.

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BK
IT specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

RBAC, access control, soft delete, hard delete, and cool and hot storage tiers are some of the features I have found valuable in Azure Block storage. Basically, if the file is greater than six months, it will get deleted automatically, regardless of whether it's present or not. These features have indirectly helped us to save on storage costs.

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Kartikesh Nadar - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Solution Architect at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It has capabilities such as versioning and, from a security point of view, you can also back it up. It has resiliency features as well.

You can have GRS, like a during and end storage feature, enabled so that it can be replicated to a secondary region in Azure. This can prevent an outage in the primary region. 

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KG
Vice President - Data Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I think there are several valuable features in the product. The security technically is good, but they require a lot of security rules to be set up. Even so, it was kind of easy to configure. So the security is good.  

I think the ease-of-use is also good because we can even upload files up from one machine onto other blob storage, another nice feature that is also provided. Apart from that, Azure also provides Azure Storage Explorer, which can be used to access Blob data once you map it onto a local machine.  

I think also its scalability is a good feature. You can put terabytes of data into Blob Storage. So that is also one of the beneficial features of Blob.  

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AlexeySaverchenko - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Lead at IXOM

The storage is great. It's easy to upload files. 

The stability seems to be very reliable.

It's a very scalable solution. 

I like the storage explorer feature. 

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Srinivas Reddy Katta - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at IdeaBytes

Microsoft Azure Block Storage is an easy-to-use solution. Storing and then retrieving data are the most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Block Storage.

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RD
Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Block storage is typically used when you have structured data. For example, RDP systems like SQL Oracle and the SQL DB tool. If you have structured data, you need Microsoft Azure Block Storage.

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Syed Zakaulla - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Softway

Microsoft Azure Block Storage has the same features as other solutions, but I like that its implementation process is straightforward.

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Rishabh Pathak - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Content Manager at Intellipaat Software Solutions Private Limited

The most important reason we use Azure Block Storage is the ability to store large files. When we were building the solution, we knew we needed to store images and video files that are 100 MBs or more. The second thing is speed when dealing with such large file sizes. 

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Manish  Purohit - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Cloud Solution Architect at Green Point Technology Services (I) Pvt. Ltd

The solution picks up pre-processed data very fast. That is why we moved from Azure’s database. The product helps us pick up and start using the data directly. The best thing about the solution is the impact on the performance of my systems. The tool is pretty easy to use.

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HA
Solution Architect at Ten-X

The major benefit of using Microsoft Azure Block Storage is that it supports various types of data, including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, without requiring different tools to read each type. This comprehensive approach simplifies the data handling process for data engineers and allows for seamless data transfer to downstream applications. In essence, this is a data paradigm shift that enables easy ingestion of diverse data types.

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VN
Solution architect

The solution is easy to purchase and is a Microsoft product, making procurement straightforward. Additionally, the majority of engineers have extensive knowledge of Block Storage, meaning that if this solution is implemented in any organization, it is easy to find a support person who is well-versed in the product. Technically, this solution has a lot of features, such as deduplication, to choose from.

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VM
Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Block Storage are it stores different types of data traditional data and connectivity through FTP. Additionally, we do not need a high-speed fetching system for operations and filesharing works well for us.

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Fed Yunis Zapata - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Solutions Architect at Canvia

It provides secure cloud storage.

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HaiPham - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at sea-solutión

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is its performance.

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Camilo Velasco - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Sosty

The most valuable features of this solution are the ease with which you connect and use it.

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Kai Boon Giam - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Data Connect Technologies Pte Ltd

Its integration is very easy.

The accuracy is relatively high.

It is stable and reliable.

The product can scale well.

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DR
Sr. Information Officer at Merino Industries Ltd (Merino Group)

We can store data and not worry that it might be lost. 

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Helmi Bawadzir - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Technical Specialist at ViBiCloud

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is the security and the management of user access from on-premise to the cloud.

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PD
Senior Cloud Architects at Metro Systems Corporation Public Company Limited

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is the backing up of files.

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Kok Hoong Lam - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical BDM at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

In terms of latency, bandwidth, and productivity, Azure Block Storage is better than other solutions.

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GauravGupta3 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & Solution Architect at Fluidech

Besides compression and encryption, the ease of integration with services like CDN and computing makes it compelling and cost-effective.

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RM
Staff Engineer at Nagarro

Of all the features I have used, it works great. While some require development, you don't need to for all of them. 

There are various types of storage to choose from - blob, table, and queue.

The initial setup is simple.

It has great documentation and community support.

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MN
Technical Infrastructure Analyst at Socridge Bank

This is a very robust and flexible solution.

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Pradeep Saxena - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technical Officer at Evangelist

Performance improvement depends on how we utilize the resources. The tool is most valuable for scenarios involving logs and monitoring. For example, logs are generated when using services like Front Door. The tool's most valuable function is providing secure access. Additionally, it connects with websites, allowing users to upload and download data. 

The tool is reliable and works fine. 

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MK
Head Of Information Technology at DHS

Azure Block Storage is

  • easy to deploy
  • easy to scale up
  • pay-as-you-go. 

So whenever we need something, we use it.

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Vishwas Samant - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Enterprise Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The ability to synchronize data in a distributed environment is very useful. It makes it easier to work with different geographic and availability zones.  

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SJ
Director - Infrastructure Solution Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It has easy versioning. The versioning is amenable to any changes. 

It also has great security. It can only be accessed through an API, and only the requested users can access it. It is optimized for data lakes and comprehensive data management.

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PH
Product Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The reason why people choose this solution is that it has a good infrastructure. It also offers an easy way to provide workloads. We mainly use this solution for the development, testing, and production of our data and infrastructure in a standardized way. I also like the fact that the deployment is fast.

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NK
Senior IT Manager at Excelra

It is easy to integrate with applications.

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Deebak Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at Quadrasystems.net

The solution has introduced cool-tier storage that allows us to store and save data. Since the solution has a hierarchical namespace format, getting data from my database is very fast.

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RB
IT consultant at a sports company with 201-500 employees

Gearing is a very useful feature and the most valuable one for us. 

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LA
System & Security Engineer at Connex Information Technologies

We use this solution for backup storage on our on-premise backup.

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AY
Software Engineer

This is a very stable solution.

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ZG
Chief System Architect at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Block Storage are flexibility and the possibility to trigger actions.

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AG
Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution offers tiers of storage, depending on what we want to do. 

If I want to store my data for a very long period of time and I know that I'm going to archive it, I just do the archive.

You can easily access your data whenever you need it.

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DH
Database Administrator at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We can use Azure Block Storage for some of our bigger files. 

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SF
Information Systems Manager at a non-tech company with 501-1,000 employees

The solution's most valuable features are its usability, scalability, and management, which is really easy. It is not a heavy product either. 

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CF
Co-Founder at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The data lake is invaluable. We also use Microsoft SQL in terms of structuring the data and getting into a position where it could be useful to support reporting. We use Databricks for data science. We incorporated Databricks with that as well.

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Sultan Ahmad - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Support Manager at Mana

The solution's most valuable feature revolves around the security-wise functionalities of the tool our company gets from using SAS keys. The product provides very secure access since users with SAS keys can access the tool. Different access can be provided with different SAS keys, making it one of the best features of the product.

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Microsoft Azure Block Storage
March 2024
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