Slow file transfer to Azure File Service

File transfer to Azure File Service (Beta) is very slow. Is this something that will be solved, or is there a trick to this?
Sean

Yes. Pretty sure.
Based on MSDN Blogs > Microsoft Azure Storage Team Blog > Introducing Microsoft Azure File Service
Description
Azure Blobs
Azure Files
Durability
Options
LRS, ZRS, GRS (and RA-GRS for higher availability)
LRS, GRS
Accessibility
REST APIs
SMB 2.1 (standard file system APIs)
REST APIs
Connectivity
REST – Worldwide
SMB 2.1 - Within region
REST – Worldwide
Endpoints
http://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer/myblob
\\myaccount.file.core.windows.net\myshare\myfile.txt http://myaccount.file.core.windows.net/myshare/myfile.txt
Directories
Flat namespace however prefix listing can simulate virtual directories
True directory objects
Case Sensitivity of Names
Case sensitive
Case insensitive, but case preserving
Capacity
Up to 500TB containers
5TB file shares
Throughput
Up to 60 MB/s per blob
Up to 60 MB/s per share
Object size
Up to 1 TB/blob
Up to 1 TB/file
Billed capacity
Based on bytes written
Based on file size
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