Azure Elastic SAN

AzureStorage

Cloud-native storage area network service providing iSCSI block volumes from a shared provisioned pool, consumable by VMs, AKS and Azure VMware Solution, with volume groups for network and security policy.

Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ
USRedmond, USA

Subject to CLOUD Act, FISA-702, DPF

Region locations
APACCNEEAEUUKUSOther74 regions across 7 jurisdictions
Sovereign option
Yes — 13 sovereign-flagged regions available

Sub-services (4)

Volume groups

Apply network rules, encryption and private endpoints to sets of volumes

Volumes

iSCSI block volumes carved from the shared SAN capacity

Base capacity

Provisioned units that add both storage and performance to the SAN

Volume snapshots

Point-in-time snapshots for backup and restore of volumes

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

Where this runs

74 regions
36 countries
13sovereign
Sovereign regions (13)
  • Australia Central · CanberraAzure Australia Government
  • Australia Central 2 · CanberraAzure Australia Government
  • US Gov Virginia · VirginiaAzure Government (US)
  • US Gov Arizona · ArizonaAzure Government (US)
  • US Gov Texas · TexasAzure Government (US)
  • US DoD East · VirginiaAzure Government (US DoD regions)
  • US DoD Central · IowaAzure Government (US DoD regions)
  • China North (Beijing) · BeijingMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China East (Shanghai) · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China North 2 · BeijingMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China East 2 · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China North 3 · HebeiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China East 3 · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
Commercial regions (61)

Europe (21)

  • Austria East
  • Belgium Central
  • Denmark East
  • Finland Central
  • France South
  • France Central
  • Germany North
  • Germany West Central
  • Greece Central
  • North Europe
  • Italy North
  • West Europe
  • Norway East
  • Norway West
  • Poland Central
  • Spain Central
  • Sweden Central
  • Switzerland West
  • Switzerland North
  • UK West
  • UK South

North America (13)

  • Canada East
  • Canada Central
  • Mexico Central
  • West US
  • East US 3
  • North Central US
  • Central US
  • West US 3
  • South Central US
  • East US
  • East US 2
  • West US 2
  • West Central US

South America (3)

  • Brazil Southeast
  • Brazil South
  • Chile Central

Asia (14)

  • East Asia
  • South India
  • India South Central
  • Jio India West
  • West India
  • Jio India Central
  • Central India
  • Indonesia Central
  • Japan West
  • Japan East
  • Malaysia West
  • Southeast Asia
  • Korea South
  • Korea Central

Oceania (3)

  • Australia East
  • Australia Southeast
  • New Zealand North

Middle East (5)

  • Israel Central
  • Qatar Central
  • Saudi Arabia Central
  • UAE Central
  • UAE North

Africa (2)

  • South Africa West
  • South Africa North

Tags

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Pricing

Pricing model:pay-as-you-go