Azure Storage Services
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In this lesson, you will learn about the various Azure storage services, their features, and their benefits. Azure provides a range of storage solutions to meet the diverse needs of application developers and IT professionals.
Introduction to Azure Storage Services
The Azure Storage platform includes the following data services:
Benefits of Azure Storage
Azure Storage services offer several advantages for application developers and IT professionals:
Azure Blobs
Azure Blob storage is a scalable object storage solution for text and binary data. It supports various use cases such as:
Blobs can be accessed via URLs, REST API, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, or client libraries. Azure Blob storage offers multiple access tiers to optimize cost based on data access patterns:
Azure Files
Azure File storage provides fully managed file shares in the cloud, accessible via SMB or NFS protocols. Key benefits include:
Azure Queues
Azure Queue storage is a service for storing large numbers of messages. Each message can be up to 64 KB, and a queue can hold millions of messages. Queues are often used to create a backlog of work to process asynchronously, combining well with Azure Functions to trigger actions based on received messages.
Azure Disks
Azure Disk storage provides block-level storage volumes for Azure VMs, similar to physical disks but virtualized for greater resiliency and availability. Managed disks simplify disk management, with Azure handling the underlying infrastructure.
Azure Tables
Azure Table storage is a NoSQL datastore for storing large amounts of structured data. It supports authenticated calls from inside and outside Azure, making it ideal for hybrid or multi-cloud solutions. Azure tables are perfect for storing structured, non-relational data.
Conclusion
Azure Storage services provide a comprehensive and flexible solution for a variety of storage needs, from object storage and managed file shares to messaging, block-level storage, and NoSQL databases. These services offer durability, security, scalability, and ease of use, making them an excellent choice for application developers and IT professionals.
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