Managed disks contd..
- Lets create a windows Server and navigate to the disks section
- Login into windows server and Navigate to File & Storage Services
- Attach a data disk
- Expand a managed disk:
- Stop the Azure VM
- Navigate to the os disk and select it and follow the steps as shown in the images for resizing OS disk
- Now lets resize the data disk to 8GB
- Start the azure vm
- Extending the Disk sizes inside the os should be handled by us
Managed Disks vs Unmanaged Disk
- Main differences
| Category | Managed Disk | Unmanaged Disk |
|---|---|---|
| Management | Is an ARM Resource object | Is not an ARM resource but a .vhd file on Storage Account |
| Size | The managed disk sizes are fixed | You can choose the disk size during provisioning |
| Performance | Managed disks have predicatable performance | Only premium storage disks have predicatable performance. In One Storage account we cah have maximum of 40 disks and the performance is shared in the case of standard storage |
- Exercise: Evaulate different disk costs Refer Here
