Database Reference
In-Depth Information
CloudXplorer
Developed by ClumsyLeaf, CloudXplorer (
http://clumsyleaf.com/products/
cloudxplorer
)
is a lightweight explorer tool for Windows Azure. It is widely
used and capable of supporting all needed administrative and management
tasks. CloudXplorer offers two versions: one freeware and a Pro version.
CloudBerry Explorer
CloudBerry Explorer (
http://www.cloudberrylab.com/
)
by CloudBerry Labs
offers versions that work with both Windows Azure and Amazon S3. This
tool is also a full-feature product that comes in two versions: freeware and
Pro.
AzCopy
Beyond tools offered by third-party providers, within the Windows Azure
realm there is an open source, console-based project called AzCopy that
enables quick and convenient parallel data transfers
(
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=287086
)
. Unlike the tools
discussed previously, the sole purpose of this tool is the upload and/or
download files to and from your Azure blob storage account. Because it
is implemented as a console application, it can easily be scripted for the
purpose of automation into your big data movement processing.
Working with AzCopy is easy, and it lends itself nicely to being embedded
in jobs or even SQL Server Integration Services packages. The following
command format will recursively copy (the
/S
switch) all files from the
c:\logs
directory to the target container:
AzCopy C:\logs
https://demo.blob.core.windows.net/
logs/
/destkey:key /S
The process has built-in parallelism that uses multithreading to
simultaneously initiate network connections eight times the number of
cores on your server or workstation. This means that for a 4-core machine,
32 simultaneous file transfers to your Azure Blob Storage account would be
initiated.
Regardless of the tool you select, the principles for efficiently and effectively
transferring data to the cloud remain the same, and all the tools discussed
