cool access

Cool access on WindowsForum.com covers Microsoft's Azure NetApp Files capability for moving colder data to a lower-cost tier while keeping active data on Premium or Ultra volumes. The tagged discussion focuses on the feature reaching general availability, where the throughput limit now scales with how much of a volume's data has actually been moved to the cool tier rather than being fixed. That shift matters to storage admins planning mixed hot and cold workloads, since performance planning and cost trade-offs change once cool access is enabled. The thread also notes Microsoft's Launched label, indicating a production-ready release available to all Azure customers.