Windows – Using Windows Azure storage for backup

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I am currently looking at Windows Azure blobs as an option for backing up archive data. I want to be able to upload files from an external windows machine via the internet but I don't know enough about Windows Azure storage to make a decision. Some of the questions I have are

  1. How do I upload the files. Is there a client application, can I use
    robocopy?
  2. Would it be fast enough? i.e. Could I download or upload 1TB of data in a week?
  3. Is it secure?

Hopefully someone smarter than me can help me 🙂

Best Answer

You would probably be better off using the Azure Online Backup service rather than trying to roll your own. There is an agent that you install on each computer and it integrates with the Windows backup console.

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/backup/

To answer your questions about Azure Online Backup:

  1. There is an agent

  2. This depends on your internet connection, not Microsoft's

  3. It transfers over SSL, if that's what you mean. "Is it secure" isn't really a question, since it means different things to different people.

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