Storage

Question 1

Name 4 types of redundancy options for storage accounts

Answer 1

1) LRS (Locally Redundant Storage)
2) ZRS (Zane Redundant Storage)
3) GRS (Geo-Redundant Storage)
4) RA-GRS (Read Access Geo-Redundant Storage)

Question 2

How many copies of storage data is made when using LRS?

Answer 2

3 copies in the same data center

Question 3

How many copies of storage data is made when using ZRS?

Answer 3

3 copies in paired regions

Question 4

How many copies of storage data is made when using GRS?

Answer 4

6 copies. 3 in each geo-graphic region

Question 5

How many copies of storage data is made when using RA-GRS?

Answer 5

6 copies. 3 in each geo-graphic region

Question 6

Name 2 tools that can be used on Azure Storage Accounts

Answer 6

AzCopy & Storage Explorer

Question 7

Name 4 types of storage available on Azure Storage Accounts

Answer 7

Queue, Table, File, Blob

Question 8

Name the 3 types of access tiers available for blob storage

Answer 8

Cold, Hot, Archive

Question 9

Name the 3 blobs types and what could they be used for

Answer 9

Page blobs - for VMs
Block blobs - default type
Append blobs - for logging

Question 10

What is Azure Blob storage used for?

Answer 10

To store unstructured data

Question 11

What can Azure File Storage be used for?

Answer 11

For sharing files (SMB)

Question 12

What does Azure Table storage provide?

Answer 12

Key-value NoSQL store

Question 13

What can Azure Queues be used for?

Answer 13

Store large number of messages

Question 14

What is storage service encryption (SSE)?

Answer 14

Used by Azure Storage to encrypt data at rest. Enabled by default