Best shared storage option for graphics design source files

Question

Our team needs a shared server or drive accessible from anywhere to store our marketing design source files. Currently, our designers store the files on their computers or external hard drives, which is not ideal. We need a redundant solution that anyone on our team can access and modify. What is the best option for safely storing graphics design source files?

Answer 1

@Vikas Vijay Bhadvalkar
Azure Storage offers several robust options for safely storing and accessing your marketing design source files from anywhere. You can utilize following features offered by Azure storage for your scenario.

Azure Blob Storage: Ideal for storing large amounts of unstructured data, such as design files. It provides encryption and secure access via HTTP or HTTPS. It offers different access tiers (hot, cool, and archive) to optimize costs based on usage patterns.

Azure Files: It provides fully managed file shares in the cloud that can be accessed via the SMB protocol. It can be mounted by Windows, Linux, and macOS clients, both on-premises and in the cloud. Also allows you to cache Azure file shares on local Windows Servers, providing fast local access while keeping the central storage in Azure.

Redundancy and High Availability:

#Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS): Replicates your data to a secondary region to ensure durability and high availability in case of a regional outage.

#Locally Redundant Storage (LRS): Keeps multiple copies of your data within a single region to protect against hardware failures.

Azure Storage Explorer: It is a user-friendly interface that allows you to manage your Azure Storage data from any platform (Windows, macOS, or Linux). It facilitates uploading, downloading, and managing blobs, files, queues, and tables.

Additional documentation:

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/security-recommendations
• Azure security baseline for Storage
• Azure Storage encryption for data at rest

Let me know if you have any questions in the comments.