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Azure Files is specifically a file system. Azure Files has all the file abstracts that you know and love from years of working with on-premises operating systems. Like Azure Blob storage, Azure Files offers a REST interface and REST-based client libraries. Unlike Azure Blob storage, Azure Files offers SMB access to Azure file shares. By using SMB, you can mount an Azure file share directly on Windows, Linux, or macOS, either on-premises or in cloud VMs, without writing any code or attaching any special drivers to the file system. You also can cache Azure file shares on on-premises file servers by using Azure File Sync for quick access, close to where the data is used.
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For a more in-depth description on the differences between Azure Files and Azure Blob storage, see [Deciding when to use Azure Blob storage, Azure Files, or Azure Disks](../common/storage-decide-blobs-files-disks.md). To learn more about Azure Blob storage, see [Introduction to Blob storage](../blobs/storage-blobs-introduction.md).
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For a more in-depth description on the differences between Azure Files and Azure Blob storage, see [Introduction to the core Azure Storage services](../common/storage-introduction.md). To learn more about Azure Blob storage, see [Introduction to Blob storage](../blobs/storage-blobs-introduction.md).
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* <aid="files-versus-disks"></a>**Why would I use an Azure file share instead of Azure Disks?**
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A disk in Azure Disks is simply a disk. To get value from Azure Disks, you must attach a disk to a virtual machine that's running in Azure. Azure Disks can be used for everything that you would use a disk for on an on-premises server. You can use it as an OS system disk, as swap space for an OS, or as dedicated storage for an application. An interesting use for Azure Disks is to create a file server in the cloud to use in the same places where you might use an Azure file share. Deploying a file server in Azure Virtual Machines is a high-performance way to get file storage in Azure when you require deployment options that currently are not supported by Azure Files (such as NFS protocol support or premium storage).
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One approach to getting the best of both Azure Files and a file server that's hosted in Azure Virtual Machines (in addition to using Azure Disks as back-end storage) is to install Azure File Sync on a file server that's hosted on a cloud VM. If the Azure file share is in the same region as your file server, you can enable cloud tiering and set the volume of free space percentage to maximum (99%). This ensures minimal duplication of data. You also can use any applications you want with your file servers, like applications that require NFS protocol support.
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For information about an option for setting up a high-performance and highly available file server in Azure, see [Deploying IaaS VM guest clusters in Microsoft Azure](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/clustering/2017/02/14/deploying-an-iaas-vm-guest-clusters-in-microsoft-azure/). For a more in-depth description of the differences between Azure Files and Azure Disks, see [Deciding when to use Azure Blob storage, Azure Files, or Azure Disks](../common/storage-decide-blobs-files-disks.md). To learn more about Azure Disks, see [Azure Managed Disks overview](../../virtual-machines/windows/managed-disks-overview.md).
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For information about an option for setting up a high-performance and highly available file server in Azure, see [Deploying IaaS VM guest clusters in Microsoft Azure](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/clustering/2017/02/14/deploying-an-iaas-vm-guest-clusters-in-microsoft-azure/). For a more in-depth description of the differences between Azure Files and Azure Disks, see [Introduction to the core Azure Storage services](../common/storage-introduction.md). To learn more about Azure Disks, see [Azure Managed Disks overview](../../virtual-machines/windows/managed-disks-overview.md).
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