Azure AppService vs Azure NetApp Files

metalheart 361 Reputation points
2022-04-13T07:51:01.657+00:00

Hi All,

I would like to migrate some .NET (4.x) workloads that access Azure NetApp Files (ANF) from IIS in a VM to PaaS. What are some options to achieve this?

From the documentation I understood that currently it's only possible to mount Azure [Premium] File Shares in App Service. We chose ANF over Azure Files for performance reasons, so I'm afraid such a downgrade would be inferior for us.

Thanks in advance!

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  1. Andriy Bilous 10,901 Reputation points MVP
    2022-04-13T12:17:30.067+00:00

    Hello @metalheart

    You are right, currently it's only possible to mount Azure [Premium] File Shares in App Service. Documentation

    Performance for Azure Files is Up to 100,000 IOPS(up to 80 Gib/s throughput) and Azure NetApp Files is Up to 460,000 IOPS(up to 36 Gib/s throughput).
    Definitely in case of Azure NetApp Files to Azure Files migration, performance could be degraded
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/nfs-comparison

    Azure AKS supports integration with Azure NetApp Files, however it would be costly and inefficient for your case.

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