4.5 Azure Databox

A data transfer solution provided by Azure for moving large amounts of data into Azure storage and compute services.

Key Features

• It’s a physical device that is used for large data transfers, its secure and rugged.
• Offline data transfers, where large data transfer over network is impractical.
• Secure, with encryption while in transit.

Benefits

• High-speed data transfer, terabytes and petabytes of data with ease.
• Cost effective, considering the bandwidth charges.
• Ease of use.

Variants

• Databox Disk - portable SSD disks for smaller data loads.
• Databox - Rugged Appliance for larger data volumes.
• Databox Heavy - For very large-scale data transfer needs.

Use Cases

• Large scale migration.
• Data center shutdowns and creating new.
• On-premises backup.
• Large dataset transfers.