Microsoft Azure Files Reserved Capacity - Hot GZRS - 10 TB
Secure 10 TB of Microsoft Azure Files Hot GZRS reserved capacity, ensuring consistent performance and predictable costs for your critical business data storage needs.
- Predictable Performance: Guarantees capacity for Hot GZRS tier, ensuring consistent access speeds for your most frequently used data.
- Cost Optimization: Locks in pricing for 10 TB of storage, providing significant savings compared to on-demand rates for sustained workloads.
- Enhanced Availability: Provides a dedicated capacity reservation, reducing the risk of performance throttling during peak usage periods.
- Compliance Assurance: Supports regulatory requirements by ensuring consistent availability and performance for sensitive business data.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides 10 TB of reserved capacity for Microsoft Azure Files in the Hot GZRS (Geo-Redundant Storage) tier, located in the US East 2 region. Reserved capacity ensures that the specified amount of storage is always available, guaranteeing performance and availability for your critical file shares.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who require consistent, high-performance file storage for their internal operations. It integrates directly into your Azure environment, providing a reliable foundation for applications and data that cannot tolerate performance fluctuations.
- Guaranteed Capacity: Reserves 10 TB of storage in the Hot GZRS tier for predictable performance.
- Geo-Redundancy: Data is replicated across multiple physical locations within a region for high availability.
- Cost Savings: Offers a discounted rate compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for committed capacity.
- Performance Assurance: Minimizes latency and maximizes throughput for frequently accessed files.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly integrates with existing Azure File Share deployments and services.
Ensure your critical file data has the consistent performance and availability it needs with this cost-effective reserved capacity solution.
What This Enables
Enable consistent performance for critical applications
Enable teams to ensure that applications requiring high IOPS and throughput for file access consistently meet their performance targets. This prevents application slowdowns and user frustration, maintaining productivity.
cloud-hosted applications, virtual desktop infrastructure, data analytics workloads, shared file services
Streamline data storage cost management
Streamline budgeting and financial planning by locking in the cost for 10 TB of high-performance, geo-redundant file storage. This predictability helps avoid unexpected spikes in cloud expenditure.
predictable storage needs, long-term data retention, cost-sensitive cloud deployments, financial reporting systems
Automate capacity planning for file shares
Automate the process of ensuring sufficient capacity for frequently accessed data, reducing the need for constant monitoring and manual adjustments. This frees up IT resources to focus on strategic initiatives.
growing data volumes, shared network drives, collaboration platforms, active project files
Key Features
Reserved Capacity
Guarantees 10 TB of storage is available, ensuring consistent performance and preventing throttling.
Hot GZRS Tier
Provides low latency access for frequently used data with geo-redundancy for disaster recovery.
Commitment Discount
Offers a lower price per GB compared to on-demand pricing for sustained usage.
US East 2 Region
Ensures data locality and compliance with regional data residency requirements.
Azure Native Service
Integrates seamlessly with other Azure services for a unified cloud environment.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and consistent performance for trading platforms, customer data, and regulatory compliance, making reserved capacity essential for critical workloads.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must ensure continuous access to patient records and medical imaging data, adhering to strict HIPAA compliance and data availability SLAs.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers rely on stable access to production data, supply chain information, and operational analytics to maintain efficiency and prevent downtime.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services need secure, reliable access to case files, client documents, and billing information, often with strict data retention and availability requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is reserved capacity for Azure Files?
Reserved capacity allows you to pre-purchase a specific amount of storage capacity for Azure Files at a discounted rate. This guarantees that the capacity is available for your use, ensuring consistent performance.
What does GZRS mean?
GZRS stands for Geo-Zone-Redundant Storage. It provides high durability by replicating data synchronously across three Azure availability zones in the primary region and asynchronously to a secondary region.
How does this differ from on-demand Azure Files storage?
On-demand storage is billed per GB used and can experience performance fluctuations. Reserved capacity commits to a specific amount, offering predictable performance and a lower cost for that committed amount.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.