Hello Azure Enthusiasts,
Microsoft has introduced a new feature in Azure Storage Mover that allows you to schedule bandwidth limitations for your Storage Mover agents. This enhancement enables you to optimize file migrations while maintaining smooth network performance.
Key Features
- Custom Bandwidth Scheduling – Define specific time slots during which your Storage Mover agents can use a limited amount of bandwidth, ensuring that critical business operations are not disrupted during peak hours.
- Reusable Schedules – Create bandwidth limit schedules that can be applied across multiple agents, simplifying the management of network resources during large-scale migrations.
Benefits
- Network Performance Optimization – By controlling the bandwidth usage of migration agents, you can prevent network congestion and ensure that other applications continue to perform optimally during data transfers.
- Flexible Migration Planning – The ability to schedule bandwidth usage allows for more strategic planning of migration activities, aligning them with organizational needs and minimizing potential disruptions.
How to Implement Bandwidth Management
- Access Bandwidth Management Settings – Within the Azure portal, navigate to your Storage Mover resource and select the “Registered agents” section. From there, you can manage bandwidth limits for each agent.
- Create a Custom Schedule – Use the “Add limit” feature to define time periods and corresponding bandwidth limits (in Mbps) for your agents. Ensure that the schedules align with your organization’s network usage patterns.
- Apply and Monitor – After setting up the schedules, save the configurations and monitor the agents to ensure that the bandwidth limitations are functioning as intended.
This feature is currently in public preview, providing an excellent opportunity to enhance your data migration strategies by leveraging bandwidth management.
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