Storage on the cloud

• Different kinds of storages
  • Disk Storage
  • Network file storage
  • Blob Storage
  • Table Storage
  • Queue Storage
  • Datalake Storage

Disk Storages

• Are used to attach to Virtual Machines
• Only one VM can be attached at a time
• Disks have pricing and some factors for choosing disks are
  • Size
  • Speed
• Disks belong to Regions i.e. a Disk in Region A can be connected to Virtual Machine only in that region.
• Backups and Restores can be done.
• Azure has 3 kinds of Disks
  • Managed Disks
  • UnManaged Disks
  • Temp Disks

Network Disks

• Network Disk is disk which can be shared for multiple VMS at the same time.
• In Azure we have Network disk supported using Azure File Share

Blob Storage

• Storage system in which you can store files and each file gets a unique url.
• No need for us to worry about file systems, any file can be uploaded.
• Individual file size cannot be > 4.7 TB

Table Storage:

• NoSQL Table data can be stored directly here

Queue Storage:

• Azure supports Queue Storage for Message Queue kind of functionality

Data Lake Storage:

• Azure Supports Data Lake Storage.

Azure Storage Account

• Azure Created one Service for all kinds of storage
• Can create
  • Disk Storage
  • Table Storage
  • Network File Share
  • Queue Storage
  • Data lake Storage
• Azure created storage account as one stop solution for all different kinds of storages
• Later for Disks, Azure has create Azure Managed Disks

Azure Disk

• Create a VM in Azure use default options
• Navigate to the Disks blade and you would see the disk with the following information

Next Steps

• Understanding Disk Storage in Azure.