Azure file Share and a NAS box

stavros mitchell 56 Reputation points
2020-11-26T15:08:50.003+00:00

Hey Everyone,
I have a customer who has 5tb of data on a nas box that he needs to move to azure file share. I mostly do this with azure file sync, but to my understanding azure file sync needs a local path not a mapdrive. So my thought was to

  • create a site to site tunnel to azure.
  • Set up a server with enough space to move all his files
  • Set up robocopy to move the files from the NAS to the azure server
  • then azure file sync to copy the files
  • then remove the endpoint
    Let me know if this works or you guys have another idea you used in the past

thanks

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  1. deherman-MSFT 37,081 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-11-30T18:15:25.46+00:00

    @stavros mitchell Apologies for the delayed response and any inconvenience this might have caused. I would refer you to our Migrate to Azure file shares document which goes over the different scenarios. Since you are migrating from a NAS, Robocopy is the best option. It doesn't seem necessary to create a VM and migrate there first. You could simply mount the share locally and copy the files directly.

    If you have enough on-premise resources you could create a new Windows Server to migrate your data to then use Azure File Sync to move the data. If you wanted to do this approach then this document would help you accomplish that.

    Hope this helps. Let us know if you have further question and we would be happy to assist.

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