Azure files assessment tools?

Question

We're looking at moving on-prem files shares to Azure files. Is there any sort of assessment tool that can be run to understand what our costs are going to be? I'd like to have something running on the servers to track read/write/list/transfers for a month. Does Microsoft offer a tool like this or is there a 3rd party that does?

Answer 1

@Random_Guy There is not tool that can be run on the servers to track the costs per month.

However, here are some resources that can help-

1. Azure pricing calculator- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
2. Cost Analysis in Cost Management- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/quick-acm-cost-analysis
3. Understand Billing for Azure Files- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/understanding-billing

Further, you can also reach out to the sales team for more questions regarding the costs/billings etc., Hope this helps. If you have any further questions/concerns, please do let us know. Thank you!
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Answer 2

@Random_Guy Adding more information to @Sai response
Are you planning to use Premium File Storage or Azure Storage Account (GPV2)?
May I know the region and data size? Since pricing varies based on the Size, regions and storage type

The difference between blobs and files, not including transactions which are an important component of price, for 100 TiB is $512/month. Cool for Files is $0.015/GiB/month,

Comparison matrix : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/solution-integration/validated-partners/data-management/migration-tools-comparison

Azure Migrate pricing details

We have assessment tool: Azure Migrate but not specific to one service Azure files share.

Using Azure migrate you can review migration activity at one place: Download the blog mentioned here which gives detailed information on Migrate

You can use Azure Monitor for tacking(read/write/list/transfers) This article describes the monitoring data that's generated by Azure Files and how you can use the features of Azure Monitor to analyze alerts on this data.

Azure Files monitoring data reference

Additional information : Improving your migration performance when using Migration Manager
Frequently Asked Questions: Migration Manager

Looking forward for your reply!