Azure Services 2.3

Question 1

Unstructured data type

Answer 1

Data that cannot be contained in a row-column database and does
not have an associated data model.
Images, video files, social media posts

Question 2

Blob Storage

Answer 2

Storage optimized for storing massive
amounts of unstructured data

Question 3

Structured data type

Answer 3

Data contained in rows and columns, such as an Excel spreadsheet
or relational database.
Excel, MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL

Question 4

File Storage

Answer 4

Fully managed file shares in
Azure accessible via SMB or NFS

Question 5

Disk Storage

Answer 5

Azure managed disks are block-level
storage volumes that are managed
by Azure and used with Azure VMs

Question 6

Table Storage

Answer 6

A service that stores structured
NoSQL data in Azure, including a
schemaless key/attribute store

Question 7

Queue Storage

Answer 7

A service for storing large numbers of
messages, accessible from anywhere
via authenticated HTTP or HTTPS calls

Question 8

Storage Tiers

Answer 8

Azure storage hot, cool, cold and
archive access tiers to store blob
object data in a cost-effective manner.
Use lifecycle management policies to automate tiers

Question 9

Archive Tier

Answer 9

Lowest storage costs, but high access costs.
An offline tier optimized for storing data that is rarely accessed, and that has
flexible latency requirements, on the order of hours.
Should be stored a minimum of 180 days

Question 10

Cold Tier

Answer 10

Lower storage costs and higher access costs compared to Cool.
An online tier optimized for storing data that is rarely accessed or modified, but still requires fast retrieval.
Should be stored a minimum of 90 days

Question 11

Cool Tier

Answer 11

Lower storage costs and higher access costs compared to Hot.
An online tier optimized for storing data that is infrequently accessed or modified.
Should be stored a minimum of 30 days

Question 12

Hot Tier

Answer 12

Highest storage costs, but the lowest access costs.
An online tier optimized for storing data that is accessed or modified frequently.

Question 13

LRS locally redundant storage

Answer 13

Copies your data synchronously three times within
a single physical location in the primary region.

Question 14

ZRS ZONE REDUNDANT STORAGE

Answer 14

Copies your data synchronously across three
Azure availability zones in the primary region.

Question 15

LRS and ZRS rule

Answer 15

With LRS and ZRS, redundancy is limited to the primary region only

Question 16

GRS GEO-REDUNDANT STORAGE

Answer 16

Copies your data synchronously three times within a
single physical location in the primary region using LRS.
It then copies it asynchronously to a single physical location in the secondary region.

Question 17

GZRS GEO-ZONE REDUNDANT STORAGE

Answer 17

Copies your data synchronously three times within the
primary region using ZRS.
It then copies it asynchronously to a single physical
location in the secondary region.
Recommended by MSFT for apps requiring high availability

Question 18

GRS and GZRS rule

Answer 18

redundancy is extended to the secondary region

Question 19

Azure file movement options

Answer 19

AzCopy
Azure Storage Explorer
Azure File Sync

Question 20

AzCopy

Answer 20

A command-line utility that you can use to copy blobs or files to or
from your storage account.

Question 21

Azure Storage Explorer

Answer 21

A standalone app that provides a graphical interface to manage files
and blobs in your Azure Storage Account.

Question 22

Azure File Sync

Answer 22

A tool that lets you centralize your file shares in Azure Files and keep
the flexibility, performance, and compatibility of a Windows file server.
Once installed on a local Windows servers, it will automatically stay
bi-directionally synced with your files in Azure.

Question 23

Azure migration options

Answer 23

Azure Migrate
Azure Data Box

Question 24

Azure Migrate

Answer 24

A service that provides a simplified migration,
modernization, and optimization for Azure.
Includes all pre-migration steps such as
discovery, assessments, and right-sizing.
It is a hub of services and tools designed to detect, analyze
and facilitate the migration of any type of workload to Azure.

Question 25

Azure Data Box

Answer 25

A cloud solution that lets you send
terabytes of data into and out of Azure in a
quick, inexpensive, and reliable fashion.
Customers are shipped a proprietary Data
Box storage device.
Ideally suited to transfer data sizes larger than 40 TBs
In scenarios with limited or no network connectivity