Azure Managed Disks

Unlock the Power of Azure Managed Disks

Enterprise-grade storage solutions designed for resilience, performance, and cost-effectiveness.

Key Features

High Availability and Durability with zone-redundant and geo-redundant options.
Flexible Performance Tiers: Standard HDD, Standard SSD, Premium SSD, and Ultra Disk.
Scalable Capacity: Easily adjust disk sizes as your needs grow.
Snapshot and Backup Integration: Robust data protection strategies.
Encryption at Rest: Data secured with Azure Storage Service Encryption.
Shared Disk Capabilities: Enable multiple VMs to attach to the same disk.

Disk Types

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Standard HDD

Cost-effective for dev/test, backup, and disaster recovery workloads. Offers lower IOPS and throughput.

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Standard SSD

Balanced performance and cost for web servers, lightly trafficked enterprise applications, and development/test environments.

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Premium SSD

High performance, low latency storage for production workloads, including databases, mission-critical applications, and ERP systems.

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Ultra Disk

Extremely high throughput and IOPS for the most demanding workloads like large-scale transactional databases and big data analytics.

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Common Use Cases

Azure Managed Disks are essential for a wide range of scenarios:

Boot and Data Drives for Azure Virtual Machines.
Hosting relational databases (SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
Running enterprise applications (SAP, Dynamics).
Big Data and Analytics platforms.
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity solutions.

Getting Started

Integrating Azure Managed Disks with your Azure Virtual Machines is straightforward. You can create, attach, and manage disks through the Azure portal, Azure CLI, PowerShell, or ARM templates.

Example (Azure CLI):

az disk create --resource-group MyResourceGroup --name MyDisk --sku Premium_LRS --size-gb 1024
az vm disk attach --vm-name MyVM --name MyDisk --resource-group MyResourceGroup

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