- Storage Types
- Azure offers five storage types divided into two main groups
- Group 1 includes REST APIs-accessible types: Queue, Table, and Blob
- Group 2 contains VM-specific types: File and Disk
- Blob Storage
- Blob Storage stores unstructured data like images and videos
- Three types: block blobs (up to 4.77TB), append blobs (up to 1TB), page blobs (up to 1TB)
- Three access tiers: hot (frequent access), cool (30-day retention), cold (180-day retention)
- Redundancy Levels
- Locally-redundant storage provides 99.9999999999% durability
- Geo-redundant storage offers 99.99999999999999% durability across regions
- Zone-redundant storage provides 99.99999999999% durability across availability zones
- Geo-zone-redundant storage combines GRS and ZRS for maximum protection
- Storage Account Types
- Storage accounts group related Azure storage services
- Account names must be unique across Azure cloud
- Five account types available for different features and performance tiers