Chapter 5
Azure Data Box
Overview
The Azure Data Box family of appliances helps customers export and import large volumes of data to and from different Azure storage services. Microsoft introduced the Azure Data Box family of appliances in stages, starting with the Azure Data Box in September 2018, followed by the Azure Data Disk in January 2019, and finally the Azure Data Box Heavy in July 2019. Each appliance increased the data capacity that could be transferred offline to Azure:
Azure Data Box 80 terabytes (TB) usable capacity.
Azure Data Box Disk 35 TB usable capacity.
Azure Data Box Heavy 800 TB usable capacity.
Which of these services for data ingestion to and from Azure is right for you will depend on your specific requirements.
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