What are some examples of high-performance file shares provided by Azure NetApp Files in TypeScript

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Azure NetApp Files is a high-performance file storage service provided by Microsoft Azure. It offers file storage that can be used for enterprise or high-performance computing applications, providing features such as scalability, data management, and data protection.

When you want to leverage Azure NetApp Files using Pulumi in TypeScript, you can use the resources provided by the `azure-native` Pulumi provider. This entails deploying a NetApp Account, a Capacity Pool within that account, and then Volumes which represent the file shares themselves. Below is a simplified example of how you might set up a high-performance file share using Azure NetApp Files with Pulumi.

```typescript
import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as azure_native from "@pulumi/azure-native";

const resourceGroupName = "my-rg";
const location = "westus";

// Create a resource group if it doesn't exist
const resourceGroup = new azure_native.resources.ResourceGroup("myResourceGroup", {
    resourceGroupName: resourceGroupName,
    location: location,
});

// Create the NetApp Account
const netAppAccount = new azure_native.netapp.Account("myNetAppAccount", {
    accountName: "my-account",
    location,
    resourceGroupName: resourceGroupName,
});

// Create a Capacity Pool in the NetApp Account
const capacityPool = new azure_native.netapp.Pool("myCapacityPool", {
    accountName: netAppAccount.name,
    location,
    poolName: "my-pool",
    serviceLevel: "Premium", // Choose between Standard, Premium, and Ultra based on performance needs
    size: 4398046511104, // Minimum 4TiB in bytes
    resourceGroupName: resourceGroupName,
});

// Create a Volume (file share) in the Capacity Pool
const volume = new azure_native.netapp.Volume("myVolume", {
    accountName: netAppAccount.name,
    poolName: capacityPool.name,
    location,
    volumeName: "my-volume",
    resourceGroupName: resourceGroupName,
    usageThreshold: 107374182400, // Use a 100GiB volume as an example (in bytes)
    exportPolicyRule: {
        // Define access policy for the volume
        ruleIndex: 1,
        unixReadOnly: false,
        unixReadWrite: true,
        cifs: false,
        nfsv3: true,
        nfsv4: false,
        allowedClients: "0.0.0.0/0",
    },
    subnetId: pulumi.interpolate`/subscriptions/${pulumi.config.require("subscriptionId")}/resourceGroups/${resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/myVnet/subnets/default`, // Replace with actual Subnet ID
});

// Output the endpoint for the created volume
export const nfsEndpoint = volume.mountTargets.apply(mountTargets => mountTargets[0].ipAddress);
```

In this program:

- We create a new Azure resource group to contain our resources.
- We then deploy an Azure NetApp Account, which acts as the container for our NetApp resources.
- Within this account, we create a Capacity Pool, which represents a pool of storage where your Volumes (file shares) will reside. The `serviceLevel` is set to "Premium" for higher performance.
- We create a Volume, which is the file share that you actually use to store your files. This is associated with the Capacity Pool.
- The `usageThreshold` specifies the maximum size of the Volume. In this example, it is set to 100GiB.
- The `exportPolicyRule` defines who can read and write to the Volume. Here, it's open to all clients, but you would typically restrict it to a specific range of IPs or machines.
- The Volume is then attached to a subnet you specify, whose ID you need to replace with the actual subnet ID you'll be using.

Make sure your Pulumi stack is correctly configured with an Azure subscription and location. Also, be aware that the provided `subnetId` needs to be replaced with the appropriate values relevant to your Azure environment, including the proper subnet ID path.

After deploying this stack, you will get an NFS endpoint output which you can use to mount the file share on your clients. Remember to tailor network and security settings according to your organizational policies.