Non-Relational Storage Types
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Key Storage Account Properties
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→ Account Kind = determines supported storage services, performance tier and pricing.
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→ Access Tier (Blob Storage only) = this considerably influences pricing and access latency.
Important blob Storage Features
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Storage Account Kind
GPv2 Standard → supports all blob, ADLSv2, Queue, Table and Files.
Block blobs Premium → supports high transaction rates and low latency.
File Shares Premium → supports bith SMB and NFS file shares.
Page Blobs Premium → supports high-performance scenarios such as Vm disk or databases.
How to decide which one to choose ?
KEY FEATURES | SUPPORTED REPLICATION | ACCESSIBILITY | |
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GENERAL PURPOSE V2 | Access Tiers, lifecycle management, ADLS. | LRS, GRS, RA-GRS, ZRS, GZRS, RA-GZRS. | Per-service. |
PREMIUM BLOCK BLOB | ADLs, lifecycle management, NO Access Tiers. | LRS, ZRS. | http/s, HNS:SFTP, NFS v3.0, ADLS. |
PREMIUM PAGE BLOB | Page blobs only. | LRS. | htpp/s. |
PREMIUM FILE SHARES |
| LRS, ZRS. | SMB/CIFS, NFS (Premium only). |