How to Azure FTP and SFTP servers High Availability?

JohnWeb 96 Reputation points
2020-09-24T16:10:19.483+00:00

I know that Azure Files/FTP or SFTP is not currently supported, any thoughts or suggestions of any services in Azure (not third party) of going about FTP High Availability in Azure? Was thinking of utilizing Azure Site Recovery instead so we could Failover/Failback the server with it comes time to server maintenance, but again looking for best approach on how to go about this.

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An Azure native disaster recovery service. Previously known as Microsoft Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager.
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  1. SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 36,961 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-09-25T18:11:57.027+00:00

    Hello @JohnWeb , Apologies for delay in response to your query.

    Azure Site Recovery is not a high availability solution rather a BSCDR solution. So, I don’t think this is the best forum for your question.

    You may want to inquire about availability sets, availability zones, and proximity placement groups if you plan to deploy FTP solution in IAAS infrastructure.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/example-scenario/infrastructure/iaas-high-availability-disaster-recovery

    Also, there is an old discussion on MSDN forum - https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/azure/en-US/6dbcbf74-d820-41c1-8c3f-32ddf011d539/setting-up-a-high-availability-sftp-server-in-azure?forum=WAVirtualMachinesforWindows the suggestions might be helpful.

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