Core Services: Storage

Question 1

Blob Storage

Answer 1

Store unstructured data (videos, bmps)
Pay for what you store
Known as serverless storage -> will scale - dont need to worry about running out of space

Question 2

Azure disc storage

Answer 2

Think of as hard drive in the cloud
Encryption by default
Can configure SSD or HDD
Attached to VM’s

Question 3

Azure file storage

Answer 3

Files shares in cloud (onedrive?)
Shared volume that you can access like a file server
Useful when you have several VMs which would share same harddrive

Question 4

Azure Queue storage

Answer 4

Data store for queuing and delivering messages between apps

Question 5

Azure table storage

Answer 5

NoSQL hosts unstructured data

Question 6

Azure archive storage

Answer 6

Long term cold storage. Cheap storage for rarely accessed files (>180 days)

Question 7

Data lake storage

Answer 7

Central repository for structured/unstructured data in one place.

Question 8

Storage tiers

Answer 8

Storage depending on how often you need to access aka storage tiers.

1. Hot storage (accessed frequently)
2. Cool storage (infrequently access and stored for at least 30 days)
3. Archive storage (rarely accessed and stored for at least 180 days)

Question 9

Structured data

Answer 9

Tables with schema, all data has same field properties. Relies on keys. Relational data)

Question 10

Semi structured data

Answer 10

Doesn’t fit into tables, but uses tags to organize and provide hierarchy. Aka non relational / NoSQL

Question 11

Unstructured data

Answer 11

No structure, therefore can hold all types eg. Blob can hold PDF, JPG, Json, video content