Azure File Share Optimization - How to filter files in FileShare based on last accessed date?

Otilia Zverchea 80 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2024-03-20T13:47:29.2733333+00:00

customer moved aprox 200TB of files to a FileShare and now they are looking for a way to optimize the storage.

Is there any way to audit the files in the Fileshare for the last accessed time and based on that to move them to different storage tiering (cold, archive storage)?

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  1. KarishmaTiwari-MSFT 18,747 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2024-03-21T04:27:24.4933333+00:00

    @Otilia Zverchea These features are supported by Azure Blob Storage.
    Azure Blob storage - Last access time tracking now generally available

    You can also use the last access time of objects to define lifecycle management rules for moving blobs to cooler access tiers when they haven't been accessed for a specified duration. In addition, enabling auto-tiering with your lifecycle rule will automatically move the object back into a hotter access tier upon access. This update extends the access time tracking and associated lifecycle management support added earlier for Azure Blob storage to Data Lake Storage.

    For Azure Files, I do not believe those features are available yet.
    Please refer to this post for alternatives:
    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61419028/last-access-time-of-the-azure-storage-files

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