Azure Storage Performance and Access Tiers

Question 1

What are the three access tiers for Storage Accounts?

Answer 1

Hot, Cool, Archive

Question 2

Access Tier - Hot:

Answer 2

Frequently access data
Highest storage cost
Lowest access cost

Question 3

Access Tier - Cool:

Answer 3

Infrequently accessed data
Lower storage cost
Higher access cost
30 day minimum storage time

Question 4

Access Tier - Archive:

Answer 4

Rarely accessed data
Lowest storage cost
Highest access cost
180 day minimum storage time

Question 5

What are the two Storage Account performance tiers?

Answer 5

Standard and Premium

Question 6

Storage Account Performance - Standard Tier:

Answer 6

General purpose usage optimized for high capacity and high throughput

Available for:
GPv1
GPv2
Blob Storage

Useful for DR datasets and media-like pictures and videos.

Question 7

Storage Account Performance - Premium Tier:

Answer 7

Greater speed and lower latency, stored on SSDs

Avialable for:
BlockBlob Storage
FileStorage
GPv1 and GPv2

Useful for interactive workloads, analytics, AI, and machine learning.

Question 8

Can you convert your storage accounts between Standard and Performance tiers?

Answer 8

No, a new account will need to be created and data migrated across.