Storage

Question 1

Storage account

Answer 1

Storage account has unique azure namespace ( every object in Azure has its own web address

ex: acloudguru..core.windows.net

Question 2

BLOB

Binary large object

Answer 2

Storage Level:

Storage account and a container and blobs inside container

Scenarios:

Images: Store various sizes and formats as a single image storage

All types: Store any kinds of files and have distributed access through the azure cloud storage

Streaming: Stream audio and video directly from your blob storage

Log Files: write to log files regardless of size and frequency

Data store: Store any kind of data at scale, such as for archiving, backup, restore and disaster recovery.

BLOB Types:

Block: Store text and binary data up to 4.7TB made up of individually managed blocks of data

Append: Block blobs that are optimized for append operations. works well for logging where data is constantly appended.

page: Stores file up to 8Tb. Any part of the file could be accessed at any time for example a virtual hard drive.

Pricing
Hot: Frequently accessed file, low access times, higher access costs
cool: Lower storage costs, high access times. Data remains here for at least 30 days
Archival : Lower costs and higher access times

Question 3

Disk

Answer 3

Managed Disk:

Azure Manages:
you dont have to worry about backup and uptime

Size and performance:
Microsoft and azure guarantees size and performance as per your agreement with them.

upgrade:
Easy to upgrade your disk size and type

Disk Types:

HDD: Spinning hard drive. Low cost and suitable for backups

Standard SSD: Standard for production . higher reliability, scalability and lower latency over HDD.

Premium SSD: Super fast and high performance. very low latency use for critical workloads

Ultra Disk: For the most demanding, data intensive workloads. Disks upto 64TB Transaction heavy loading

Question 4

File Storage

Answer 4

Benefits:

Sharing: Share access to azure file storage across machines and provide access to your on-prem infrastructure

Managed: you dont have to worry about hardware or operating system.

Resilient: Network and power outages wont affect your storage.

Scenarios:

Hybrid: Supplement or replace your existing on-prem file storage solution

Lift and shift: Move your existing file storages and related services to Azure

Question 5

Archive Storage

Answer 5

Requirement: Policies, legislation and recovery can be requirements for archiving data.
Lowest price
Features : Durable, encrypted and stable. perfectly suited for data that is accessed infrequently
Free up premium storage
Secure
Blob

Question 6

Demo Storage

Answer 6

Go through summary