Microsoft Azure Fundamentals 08

Azure Storage

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Azure Storage account
1. Structured data
2. Unstructured data
3. Semi structured data

Storage offerings :
1. Blob storage - binary large object storage , to store unstructured data
2. Files Share : for sharing purpose
3. Tables : if you want to store data in the form of Key and it’s value
4. Queues : Messaging service in Azure

Blob storage :-
1. Page blobs :
2. Append blobs :
3. Block Blobs :
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Blobs Types:-
Azure Storage supports three types of blobs:
Block blobs:-
1. Store text and binary data. Block blobs are made up of blocks of data that can be managed individually.
Append blobs
1. These are made up of blocks like block blobs, but are optimized for append operations.
2. Append blobs are ideal for scenarios such as logging data from virtual machines.
Page blobs :
1.Store random access files up to 8 TiB in size.
2. Page blobs store virtual hard drive (VHD) files and serve as disks for Azure virtual machines.

We can create upto 250 Storage accounts per Subscription
Each storage account has the capacity of 500TB

Type of Storage accounts :
1. General Purpose V2:
a. Blobs
b. Filles
c. Tables
d. Queues
2. File Storage
3. Blob storage

Storage Performance :

1. Standard : HDD —> SATA, PATA
2. Premium : SSD —> EFD

DEV, QA, Prod
1. Unmanaged Storage account
2. Managed disk :

32 TB

Storage explorer :
Az copy