data-box-heavy-limits.md

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Azure Data Box Heavy limits | Microsoft Docs	Describes system limits and recommended sizes for the Microsoft Azure Data Box Heavy components and connections.	databox	alkohli	databox	heavy	article	06/28/2021	alkohli

Azure Data Box Heavy limits

Consider these limits as you deploy and operate your Azure Data Box Heavy device. The following table describes these limits for the Data Box.

Data Box Heavy service limits

[!INCLUDE data-box-service-limits]

Data Box Heavy limits

• Data Box Heavy can store a maximum of 1 billion files per node.
• Data Box Heavy supports a maximum of 512 containers or shares per node in the cloud. The top-level directories within the user share become containers or Azure file shares in the cloud.

Azure Storage limits

[!INCLUDE data-box-storage-limits]

Data upload caveats

[!INCLUDE data-box-data-upload-caveats]

Azure storage account size limits

[!INCLUDE data-box-storage-account-size-limits]

Azure object size limits

[!INCLUDE data-box-object-size-limits]

Azure block blob, page blob, and file naming conventions

[!INCLUDE data-box-naming-conventions]