How to move data from blob storage safely from one region to another ?

Question

I have data factory and also 2 blob storage account locate in two Azure region , how to copy data safely between two region using data factory?

Answer 1

Hey,
As storage account and data factory, both being cloud offerings; you can connect to blob (irrespective of region) via ADF through managed identity being most secure mechanisms.

You can then use copy activity to transfer data between the two blobs.

Hope this is what you were asking for else please provide some additional details

Answer 2

@sakuraime Firstly, apologies for the delay in responding here and any inconvenience this issue may have caused.

Security measurement need to be take care for this one ? If both storage account in the specific region required private endpoint access , Do I need self-host IR VM in Azure ? and Do I need two self-host IR VM , each region has one? No, Please refer to the below articles which provides detailed information of your query

This article outlines how to use the Copy activity in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse pipelines to copy data from and to Azure Blob storage. It also describes how to use the Data Flow activity to transform data in Azure Blob storage. To learn more read the Azure Data Factory and the Azure Synapse Analytics introduction articles: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/connector-azure-blob-storage?tabs=data-factory

To move a storage account, create a copy of your storage account in another region. Then, move your data to that account by using AzCopy, or another tool of your choice.

Please let us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further.

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