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Azure Managed Disks

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What is Azure Managed Disks?

Microsoft's Managed Disks service on Azure are the company's recommended disk storage offering for use with Azure virtual machines for persistent storage of data.

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Pleased with overall performance of Azure Managed Disks

Incentivized
Rao TahirView profile
DotNet Project Manager in Engineering at BookingWhizz (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have hundreds of hotels onboard on our serval different softwares and on daily basis they require new functioanlites that are quite specfic for their use in order to make that availble for just that hotel we mostly need to allocate dedicated spaces for our database resoourses and azure managed disks is the perfect solution for it as it is highly scalable and very efficient while providing the best security for your databases.

Pros

  • outstanding server side security
  • Well fitted integration system
  • Very scalable with high durability

Cons

  • High pricing can be midified to make it more feasable for the community.
  • A handful number of UI settings can be changed from complex to normal.

Most Important Features

  • Security
  • Intergration
  • Availibility

Return on Investment

  • Reduced physical storage cost is definitly a positive
  • Offers amzing security features
  • Auto maintainance of data and disk storage is also a plus
  • Can be a bit trcky to use when it comes to the UI

Alternatives Considered

Google Cloud Persistent Disk

Other Software Used

Azure SQL Database, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Azure Managed Disks for enterprise business

Incentivized
Kyle KochtanView profile
Application Development Manager in Information Technology at Newell Brands (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are currently using Azure Managed Disks as a cloud storage option to dynamically increase or decrease disk space on demand. By utilizing Azure Managed Disks we can quickly expand or contract as the demand is needed by the business. Some days we need more space than others so this allows us to keep our costs low.

Pros

  • Dynamic allocation of space
  • Ease of set up
  • Ease of Management

Cons

  • UI could be more streamlined
  • Better Help Documentation

Most Important Features

  • Ease of setup
  • Cost Savings
  • Ease of Management

Return on Investment

  • Positive ROI as we have decreased our disk Cost
  • Positive as we have less downtime

Alternatives Considered

Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)

Other Software Used

Azure DevOps Server (formerly Team Foundation Server), Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio IDE

Secure disk storage software

Incentivized
Kimberly BrookeView profile
Marketing Analyst in Marketing at SproutLoud Media Networks (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We depend on this platform for the storage of our applications and files generated in the company. It has large storage volumes that can effectively save workloads according to our demands. Transfer of files to our secure cloud servers is faster and reliable. It highly secures our data from the built-in automatic encryption using Microsoft keys.

Pros

  • Application storage.
  • provision of data security.

Cons

  • No room for improvement from my experience.
  • All the tools functionality is effective.

Most Important Features

  • Provision of data storage backup plan.
  • multiple data storage disks.

Return on Investment

  • It has excellent storage plans resulting to positive ROI.

Other Software Used

Huawei Cloud Cloud Performance Test Service (CPTS)

Azure Managed Disks offer performance benefits and flexibility

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Verified User
Professional in Information Technology (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Azure Managed Disks is a great storage service provided by Microsoft Azure that offers several benefits over traditional storage methods. It simplifies the process of creating, configuring, and managing the storage for Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) and other Azure services. We have made use of disks to host premium or high performance Virtual Machines.

Pros

  • Improved reliability: Managed Disks come with built-in redundancy and automatic failover capabilities to ensure high availability and data durability.
  • Improved reliability: Managed Disks come with built-in redundancy and automatic failover capabilities to ensure high availability and data durability.
  • Flexible storage options: Managed Disks offer a variety of storage options such as Standard, Premium, and Ultra Disk storage, to cater to different performance and cost requirements.
  • Easy to use: Managed Disks can be easily created, configured, and managed using the Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Azure SDKs.

Cons

  • Costs: The cost of Managed Disks can be quite high for some workloads, so cost optimization features such as the ability to automatically move data between storage tiers based on usage patterns, or the ability to automatically release unused disks, could be added to help users better manage costs.
  • Data migration: Managed Disks do not currently support data migration to and from other storage services. Adding support for data migration could make it easier for users to move their data from other storage services to Azure Managed Disks.

Most Important Features

  • The ability to increase performance
  • The ability to increasescalability
  • The flexibility to scale the disks

Return on Investment

  • Azure Managed Disks have allowed us to test and benchmark the required performance
  • Azure Managed Disks have allowed us to run short term projects without investing in physical infrastructure

Other Software Used

Azure Blob Storage, Azure App Service

Azure Managed Disks - Best in Class

Incentivized
Verified User
Technician in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our client had moved to Azure cloud and we starting setting up Managed Disks feature as well for public files access of users through sharepoint sites. Azure Managed Disk totally helped us to solvedour need to physical disks and managing their backups, fascilitating IT support and high costs associated with it.

Pros

  • Azure Backup support
  • Easy VM depoyment
  • Private Links

Cons

  • Zero complaints

Most Important Features

  • Ease of Configuration
  • Very Secure
  • Reliability

Return on Investment

  • All work great

Alternatives Considered

Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure App Configuration, Azure Application Gateway, Azure Backup and Azure Bastion

Other Software Used

Azure Bastion, Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure Active Directory B2C