Map Azure Storage as network drive, on an Azure VM

Hi,
I have an Azure SQL VM requiring big database space (>16TB). My first thought is to map as many VHDs as possible on the VM - that is, maximum 16 x 1TB, as of today's constraints on Azure. But for more than that, I need more disk space. I am thinking of: creating another simple VM aside/in the same VNET, with other 16 disks there, then share the disks and access the shares from the SQL box AND STORE DBs on them (via network drive maps). Question: will it be performant? Knowing that the storage behind all the disks is the same/in the same availability zone?

Thanks,

Marius

Marius