Microsoft Storage Reserved Capacity Cool
Secure 10 PB of Microsoft Azure Cool storage for three years with Reserved Capacity, ensuring predictable costs and consistent performance for your business data.
- Capacity Commitment: Guarantees 10 petabytes of Azure Cool storage for your critical business data over a 3-year term.
- Cost Predictability: Lock in pricing for 3 years, providing significant savings compared to pay-as-you-go rates.
- Global Redundancy: Features Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS) for enhanced data durability and disaster recovery capabilities.
- Regional Focus: Optimized for the US South Central region, ensuring low latency and compliance with data residency requirements.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Microsoft Azure Storage Reserved Capacity subscription provides 10 petabytes of Cool storage for a 3-year term, deployed in the US South Central region with Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS). It is designed to offer significant cost savings and predictable expenses for businesses with substantial, long-term data storage needs.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies, this offering fits into environments requiring large-scale, cost-effective data archiving, backup, or infrequently accessed data storage. It ensures compliance and operational continuity by reserving essential storage resources.
- Reserved Capacity: Guarantees 10 PB of Azure Cool storage for 3 years, offering substantial discounts.
- Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS): Provides high durability by replicating data across two Azure regions.
- Predictable Billing: Fixed monthly costs for the 3-year term simplify budgeting and financial planning.
- Cool Tier Optimization: Cost-effective storage for data accessed less frequently but requiring rapid access when needed.
- US South Central Deployment: Ensures data residency and performance for organizations operating within or serving this region.
This reserved capacity solution is perfect for SMB and mid-market teams needing to manage large data volumes efficiently and affordably over the long term.
What This Enables
Enable long-term data archiving and compliance
Enable teams to meet regulatory compliance mandates by securely storing large volumes of historical data for extended periods. Streamline data retention policies with a guaranteed storage tier at a predictable cost.
cloud storage, data archiving, regulatory compliance, long-term retention
Optimize backup and disaster recovery costs
Streamline backup operations by reserving capacity for large-scale data backups, ensuring availability for recovery scenarios. Automate cost management for disaster recovery data with a fixed 3-year commitment.
backup solutions, disaster recovery, cloud infrastructure, data protection
Manage large datasets for analytics and operations
Enable teams to store and access large operational datasets that are accessed infrequently but require rapid retrieval when needed. Support business intelligence and analytics initiatives with cost-effective, reserved storage.
data warehousing, business intelligence, operational data, cloud storage
Key Features
10 PB Reserved Capacity
Guarantees access to a significant amount of storage, preventing capacity issues and ensuring data can be stored as needed.
3-Year Term Commitment
Provides substantial cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing and offers long-term budget predictability.
Cool Storage Tier
Offers a cost-effective solution for data that is accessed infrequently but requires rapid access when needed, balancing cost and performance.
Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS)
Ensures high data durability and availability by replicating data to a secondary Azure region, protecting against regional outages.
US South Central Region
Optimizes performance and data residency for businesses operating within or serving this geographic area.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require long-term data retention for regulatory compliance and audit purposes, making reserved capacity for large datasets a cost-effective solution.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must store vast amounts of patient data and medical imaging for extended periods, necessitating durable and cost-efficient storage solutions that meet compliance standards like HIPAA.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers generate large volumes of operational data, sensor logs, and historical production records that need to be stored cost-effectively for analysis and compliance, often requiring regional data residency.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle extensive case files, discovery documents, and client records that require secure, long-term storage with high durability and predictable costs to meet client and regulatory obligations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Microsoft Azure Storage Reserved Capacity?
It is a program that allows customers to commit to using a specific amount of Azure storage for a fixed term (1 or 3 years) in exchange for a significant discount compared to pay-as-you-go pricing. This ensures predictable costs and capacity.
What is the difference between Hot, Cool, and Archive storage tiers?
Hot tier is for frequently accessed data, Cool tier is for infrequently accessed data, and Archive tier is for rarely accessed data. Cool offers a balance between cost and access speed for data accessed less often but still needing quick retrieval.
What does Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS) mean?
GRS replicates your data synchronously within a primary region and asynchronously to a secondary region hundreds of miles away. This provides high durability and availability, protecting against data loss in case of a regional disaster.
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.