This name must be globally unique, but otherwise can any name you desire.
Which storage account type you need to create depends on whether you want to create a standard file share or a premium file share: This pool of storage can be used to deploy multiple file shares.Īzure supports multiple types of storage accounts for different storage scenarios customers may have, but there are two main types of storage accounts for Azure Files.
If you intend to use the Azure CLI, install the latest version.Īzure file shares are deployed into storage accounts, which are top-level objects that represent a shared pool of storage.If you intend to use Azure PowerShell, install the latest version.
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This article assumes that you have already created an Azure subscription.Premium file shares (FileStorage), LRS/ZRS In local and zone redundant storage accounts, Azure file shares can span up to 100 TiB, however in geo- and geo-zone redundant storage accounts, Azure file shares can span only up to 5 TiB.įor more information on these three choices, see Planning for an Azure Files deployment. For information about regions that support ZRS, see Azure Storage redundancy. To find out if premium file shares are currently available in your region, see the products available by region page for Azure. Premium file shares are available with locally redundancy and zone redundancy in a subset of regions. Premium file shares do not support any form of geo-redundancy. Standard file shares offer locally-redundant (LRS), zone redundant (ZRS), geo-redundant (GRS), or geo-zone-redundant (GZRS) storage, however the large file share feature is only supported on locally redundant and zone redundant file shares. What are your redundancy requirements for your Azure file share? What are the performance requirements for your Azure file share?Īzure Files offers standard file shares which are hosted on hard disk-based (HDD-based) hardware, and premium file shares, which are hosted on solid-state disk-based (SSD-based) hardware. To create an Azure file share, you need to answer three questions about how you will use it: