Bulk upload to blob in Azure

Question

I have about 10k images and I need to upload them to blob storage. Are there any tools that do bulk upload? I am also open to writing my own application.

Answer 1

Look at ClumsyLeaf cloud explorer. Let's you upload files to blob like an FTP client. Alterntaively Azure Storage Explorer. Same idea.

Both allow you to select files from a directory and upload them in one go. Never tried with 10000 but it should work.

Answer 2

Cloud Storage Studio is pretty good, too.

http://cerebrata.com/Products/CloudStorageStudio/

You can get a free 30 trial so no risk. Especially if it's a one-shot deal.

Answer 3

You can use windows azure powershell to upload/download multiple files from azure storage.

For uploading multiple files, you can use the following command line.

ls -File -Recurse | Set-AzureStorageBlobContent -Container upload

For downloading multiple blobs, you can use the following command line.

Get-AzureStorageBlob -Container containername -Blob blobname | Get-AzureStorageBlobContent

For more details, please refer to MSDN page.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn408487.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn408562.aspx