Storage Flashcards
What are the 3 data types and what do they mean?
Structured Data - data is well organized with common properties
Unstructured Data - data is less formalized - text files, video files, apps, etc.
Semi-Structured Data - rows have different properties, but all rows have a unique key in common
What are the Azure Storage Account Offerings?
“To store unstructured and semi structured data
Blob, Queue, File, Table”
What is blob storage best for?
“Binary Large Object - a storage service for any type of file
Long-term backups, disaster recovery, archiving”
What significance does the name of your Azure storage account have?
Storage account name and Azure Storage service endpoint = endpoint for your storage account - must be unique within Azure
What are the pricing tiers of Azure Blob storage?
Three storage tiers - hot (frequently used), cool (rarely used), Archive (almost never)
What does Blob mean? What are the layers within storage account for Blob?
“Binary large object
Layers - Storage Account. Blob Container. Blob”
What are the types of blobs?
“Block blobs - images, videos, documents
Append blobs - logging, big data
Page blobs - Event hub, IaaS disks”
What is the purpose of a Blob container? What was the design intention?
“The contain many different types of blob storages
To be versatile and storage many different scenarios”
What is Azure Queue Storage?
Can store small pieces of data for asynchronous processing
What is Azure Table Storage?
Can input semi structured data into tables
What is Azure FIle Storage?
Same as blobs storage but accessed differently
What are the benefits of Azure File Storage?
“Sharing - share access across machines and from cloud to on prem
Managed - Don’t have to worry about hardware
Resilient - Network and power outages won’t affect your storage”
What are the File Storage use cases (2 of them)?
“Lift and shift your on prem file storage
Hybrid - your on prem storage is running out of space”
What is Disk Storage? What are the 2 types of disk storage?
“Disk emulation in the cloud for Virtual Machines
Can be managed and unmanaged
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What are the types of disk storage?
“Standard HDD. spinning hard-drive, low cost
Standard SDD. memory chips, scalability and low latency
Premium SDD. high performance, for critical workloads
Ultra Disk. For most demanding workloads, transactional data
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