03 - Explore Non-Relational Data Offerings on Azure

Question 1

Azure Table Storage

Answer 1

Store row-key value

Values are any type of data

No scheme

Must keep row-key as unique identifier

Question 2

Azure Blob Storage

Answer 2

Block blobs

Page blobs

Append blob

Question 3

Block blob

Answer 3

Max 4.7 TB

50,000 Blocks with 100MB of data

Question 4

Page blob

Answer 4

Max 8TB
Fixed sized-512 byte pages

Used to implement virtual disk storage for virtual machines

Question 5

Append blob

Answer 5

Max size is just over 195GB

Optimize append operations

Block can store up to 4MB of data

Question 6

Azure File Storage

Answer 6

Creates file shares in the cloud and provides the ability to access the file shares from anywhere with an internet connection

Question 7

SMB (Server Message Block) Protocol

Answer 7

Default protocol for sharing folders

That is how wannacry managed to expand itself so quickly

SMB 1 and 2 got patched

SMB3 is now secure

Windows 8, 2012 and newer supports SMB3

Question 8

Azure Cosmos DB

Answer 8

Multi-Model NoSQL database management system

Question 9

Page Blobs are default Storage Account because ….

Answer 9

Because we store Virtual Disks in Page Blobs

Question 10

Cosmos DB APIs

Answer 10

SQL API
MongoDB API
Cassandra API
Gremlin API
Table API