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.
