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## Overview
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### [What is the solution?](storsimple-overview.md)
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### [Compare data transfer options](storsimple-8000-choose-storage-solution.md)
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### [StorSimple learning map](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/learning-paths/storsimple-typical/)
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# StorSimple Documentation
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Learn how to use Azure StorSimple, an integrated storage solution that manages storage tasks between on-premises devices and Azure cloud storage. Tutorials and other documentation show you how set up storage management, location-independent backup, and disaster recovery.
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Learn how to use Azure StorSimple, an integrated storage solution that manages storage tasks between on-premises devices and Azure cloud storage. Tutorials and other documentation show you how to set up storage management, location-independent backup, and disaster recovery.
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title: Options for data transfer to Azure using an appliance | Microsoft Docs
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description: Learn how to choose the right appliance to transfer data to Azure
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# Compare StorSimple with Azure File Sync and Data Box Edge data transfer options
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This document provides an overview of options for on-premises data transfer to Azure, comparing: Data Box Edge vs Azure File Sync (AFS) vs StorSimple 8000 series.
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- **[Data Box Edge](/azure/databox-online/data-box-edge-overview.md)** – Data Box Edge is an on-premises network device that moves data into and out of Azure and has AI-enabled Edge compute to pre-process data during upload. It was announced at Ignite 2018 and is in public preview. Data Box Gateway is a virtual version of the device with the same data transfer capabilities.
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- **[Azure File Sync](/azure/storage/files/storage-sync-files-deployment-guide.md)** – Azure File Sync can be used to centralize your organization's file shares in Azure Files, while keeping the flexibility, performance, and compatibility of an on-premises file server. Azure File Sync transforms Windows Server into a quick cache of your Azure file share. General availability of AFS was announced earlier in 2018.
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- **[StorSimple](/azure/storsimple/storsimple-overview.md)** – StorSimple is a hybrid device that helps enterprises consolidate their storage infrastructure for primary storage, data protection, archiving, and disaster recovery on a single solution by tightly integrating with Azure storage. The product lifecycle for StorSimple can be found [here](https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search?alpha=Azure%20StorSimple%208000%20Series).
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| |StorSimple 8000 |Azure File Sync |Data Box Edge (Preview) |
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|Overview |Tiered hybrid storage and archival|General file server storage with cloud tiering and multi-site sync. |Storage solution to pre-process data and send it over network to Azure. |
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|Scenarios |File server, archival, backup target |File server, archival (multi-site) |Data transfer, data pre-processing including ML inferencing, IoT, archival |
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|Edge compute |Not available |Not available |Supports running containers using Azure IoT Edge |
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|Form factor |Physical device |Agent installed on Windows Server |Physical device |
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|Hardware |Physical device provided from Microsoft as part of the service | Customer provided |Physical device provided from Microsoft as part of the service |
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|Data format |Custom format |Files |Blobs or Files |
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|Protocol support |iSCSI |SMB, NFS | SMB or NFS |
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|Pricing |[StorSimple pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/storsimple/) |[AFS pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/storage/files/) |[Data Box Edge pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/storage/databox/edge/) |
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## Next steps
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- Learn about [Azure Data Box Edge](/azure/databox-online/data-box-edge-overview.md) and [Azure Data Box Gateway](/azure/databox-online/data-box-gateway-overview.md)
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- Learn about [Azure File Sync](/azure/storage/files/storage-sync-files-deployment-guide.md)

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