Microsoft Storage Reserved Capacity, Hot - 1 PB, RA-GRS, US Central, 3 Years
Secure 1 PB of hot storage capacity with Microsoft's RA-GRS in US Central for a 3-year term, guaranteeing data availability and performance for your critical business applications.
- Guaranteed Capacity: Secure 1 PB of dedicated hot storage, ensuring performance and availability for your most accessed data.
- Redundancy & Availability: RA-GRS provides geo-redundancy, protecting your data against regional outages and ensuring business continuity.
- Predictable Costs: Lock in capacity and pricing for 3 years, simplifying budgeting and avoiding unexpected storage overage charges.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet regulatory requirements with geo-redundant storage and robust data protection features.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Microsoft Storage Reserved Capacity offering provides 1 Petabyte (PB) of Hot tier storage in the US Central region, protected by Read-Access Geo-Redundant Storage (RA-GRS) for a 3-year term. It guarantees the availability and performance of your frequently accessed data, ensuring your applications run smoothly and your business operations remain uninterrupted.
This solution is designed for businesses of all sizes that rely on consistent and high-performance data storage. IT Managers and IT Professionals can integrate this reserved capacity into their existing Microsoft Azure environment to manage large datasets, support critical applications, and meet demanding uptime requirements without the overhead of managing physical infrastructure.
- 1 PB Hot Storage: Dedicated capacity for frequently accessed data, optimizing application performance.
- RA-GRS Protection: Geo-redundancy ensures data availability even in the event of a regional disaster.
- 3-Year Term: Predictable pricing and capacity commitment for long-term financial planning.
- US Central Region: Optimized performance and compliance for businesses operating within or serving this geographic area.
- Cost Efficiency: Reserve capacity at a reduced rate compared to pay-as-you-go, ensuring budget predictability.
This Microsoft Storage Reserved Capacity is the ideal solution for businesses seeking predictable, high-performance, and geo-redundant storage without the complexity of managing hardware.
What This Enables
Enable High-Performance Application Data Access
Enable teams to ensure critical applications have consistent, low-latency access to frequently used data. Streamline operations by guaranteeing storage performance for databases, active user files, and real-time analytics workloads.
cloud-native applications, hybrid cloud deployments, data-intensive workloads, business continuity planning
Meet Regulatory Compliance for Data Redundancy
Automate compliance with data residency and disaster recovery mandates by utilizing geo-redundant storage. Protect against regional outages, ensuring business continuity and meeting strict regulatory requirements for data availability.
regulated industries, data sovereignty requirements, disaster recovery strategies, mission-critical systems
Optimize Storage Costs for Predictable Workloads
Streamline budgeting by locking in capacity and pricing for 3 years, avoiding unexpected overage charges. Provide IT departments with a predictable cost structure for essential storage resources.
long-term IT planning, fixed-budget environments, large-scale data archives, predictable usage patterns
Key Features
1 PB Hot Storage Capacity
Guarantees sufficient space for your most frequently accessed data, ensuring optimal application performance and user experience.
Read-Access Geo-Redundant Storage (RA-GRS)
Provides data durability and availability across geographically distant regions, protecting against local failures and ensuring business continuity.
3-Year Commitment Term
Offers predictable costs and capacity planning, simplifying financial management and avoiding potential price increases.
US Central Region Deployment
Ensures low latency and compliance for organizations operating within or serving the US Central geographic area.
Reserved Capacity Pricing
Provides a cost-effective solution compared to on-demand pricing for predictable, long-term storage needs.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and geo-redundancy to meet strict regulatory compliance standards like SOX and GDPR, ensuring data integrity and continuous operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must adhere to HIPAA regulations, necessitating secure, redundant, and highly available storage for patient records and critical medical data.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers often manage large datasets for operational efficiency, supply chain management, and IoT data, requiring consistent performance and data protection to avoid production disruptions.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality groups handle significant customer data and transaction volumes, needing reliable storage for point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and customer relationship management to ensure seamless operations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Microsoft Storage Reserved Capacity?
It is a commitment to use a specific amount of Azure storage capacity for a set term (e.g., 3 years) in exchange for a lower price compared to pay-as-you-go rates. This ensures you have the capacity you need when you need it.
What does RA-GRS mean for my data?
RA-GRS means your data is replicated to a secondary region thousands of miles away, providing high durability and availability. You can also read data from the secondary region, which can be useful for disaster recovery scenarios or global access needs.
Who is this service best suited for?
This service is ideal for businesses with predictable, large-scale storage needs that require high performance and geo-redundancy. This includes organizations in regulated industries, those with critical applications, or companies focused on robust disaster recovery planning.
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
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