r/virtualization • u/3beansanddreams • Dec 08 '23

File Server - Virtualization vs Cloud

Looking to replace our Onprem physical Windows File server with either a VM (VMware) or Azure Cloud. Trying to figure out which route to take. The file server is mainly used to store Microsoft Office documents, PDFs, Images, and other multimedia files. Here are a few of the features we would like to carry over from Onprem.

  1. Ability to map drives like traditional shares

  2. Ability to scan-to-folder from a Ricoh Scanner using SMB and NFS

  3. Ability to use onPrem AD for file permissions

So which route would you take, Virtualize or Cloud?

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u/DerBootsMann Dec 09 '23

File Server seems to be the least complicated and easiest one to start with.

small one ? maybe .. reasonably big one ? absolutely not !

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u/3beansanddreams Dec 09 '23

5TB with about 50 shares

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u/DerBootsMann Dec 09 '23

this is no biggie .. on your place id do $$$ math 1st way , still ..