- Transfer lots of data and/or limited bandwidth
- Lots = too much to transfer over the internet
- Relative to available network bandwidth
- Offline data to/from Azure
- Copy data to physical data storage device (Data box)
- Ship data box to/from Azure
- To Azure - Data box data transferred to storage account
- From Azure - Data box delivered to on-premises location for on-site transfer
- Use cases
- Initial bulk data migration
- Can be followed up with occasional data transfer over the internet
- Disaster recovery
- Restore Azure backup to on-premises location
- Security requirements
- Sensitive data that cannot be sent over the internet