Azure file share with hot and cold storage

Question

We are planning to move our Windows file shares from on premise to Azure cloud. In order to save cost, we are planning to move infrequent access data from hot storage to cold storage; however, it doesn't seem Azure allows a share to have both hot and cold storage at the same time. What we were told is that we have to create another share and move the infrequent access data from the "hot share" to the "cold share". We have hundreds of share on our environment. If we have to create 2 shares (hot and cold) for each share we currently have then it is too cumbersome and may create confusion for our users.

Is there a better solution than creating a hot share and cold share for each on premise share we have right now?

Answer 1

Hi David,

Unfortunately this must be set at the share level right now so yes you would need both a hot and a cool share. It's different with blob storage where you can have a mix of different access tiers within the same blob container but that doesn't really help you here. I think the best you can try to do is to try and reduce the total number of shares that you use, maybe reduce the level of access to the cool shares so that not all users can see these.

Answer 2

Hi @David

Thank you for asking this question on the **Microsoft Q&A Platform. **

Unfortunately, the recommendation that you received is the best solution.

You can only set one access Tier for each storage.

Hope this helps,
Carlos Solís Salazar

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