Azure File Sync for Data Recovery
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You have an Azure subscription.
You have an on-premises file server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2019.
You manage Server1 by using Windows Admin Center.
You need to ensure that if Server1 fails, you can recover the data from Azure.
Solution: You create an Azure Storage account and an Azure Storage Sync service. You configure Azure File Sync for Server1.
Does this meet the goal?
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Use Azure File Sync to centralize your organization's file shares in Azure Files, while keeping the flexibility, performance, and compatibility of an on-premises file server. Azure File Sync transforms Windows Server into a quick cache of your Azure file share.
Azure Files offers fully managed file shares in the cloud that are accessible via the industry standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. Azure file shares can be mounted concurrently by cloud or on-premises deployments of Windows, Linux, and macOS. Additionally, Azure file shares can be cached on Windows
Servers with Azure File Sync for fast access near where the data is being used.
Azure file shares can be used to:
Replace or supplement on-premises file servers:
Azure Files can be used to completely replace or supplement traditional on-premises file servers or NAS devices. Popular operating systems such as Windows, macOS, and Linux can directly mount Azure file shares wherever they are in the world. Azure file shares can also be replicated with Azure File Sync to Windows
Servers, either on-premises or in the cloud, for performance and distributed caching of the data where it's being used.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-introduction https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-sync-files-deployment-guide?tabs=azure-portalYes, the provided solution meets the goal.
The solution involves using Azure Storage account and Azure Storage Sync service to create a highly available and disaster recovery solution for the on-premises file server, Server1.
Azure Storage Sync is a hybrid storage solution that enables bi-directional synchronization between an on-premises file server and an Azure file share. By using Azure Storage Sync, you can replicate files and folders between an on-premises file server and an Azure file share to ensure data availability and disaster recovery.
To implement this solution, you need to perform the following steps:
Create an Azure Storage account: Create a new Azure Storage account in your Azure subscription.
Configure Azure File Sync for Server1: Install and configure Azure File Sync on Server1. This will create a sync group that will synchronize the data between Server1 and the Azure file share.
Create an Azure file share: Create an Azure file share in the Azure Storage account.
Create a cloud endpoint: Create a cloud endpoint in the sync group for the Azure file share.
Create a server endpoint: Create a server endpoint in the sync group for Server1.
Start synchronization: Start synchronization between the server endpoint and the cloud endpoint.
By following these steps, you will have a highly available and disaster recovery solution for the on-premises file server, Server1. In case of a failure, you can recover the data from the Azure file share that is synchronized with the on-premises file server.
Therefore, the provided solution of creating an Azure Storage account and an Azure Storage Sync service and configuring Azure File Sync for Server1 meets the goal of ensuring that if Server1 fails, you can recover the data from Azure.
