Multi-cloud Classroom Notes – 6/June/2024

Azure Storage Account – Block Blob Storage

• Three factors

  • Size
  • Data transfer
  • Redundancy

• Redundancy: Refer Here

  • LRS (Locally Redundant Storage)
  • ZRS (Zone Redundant storage)
  • GRS (Geo Redundant storage)
  • GZRS (Geo Zone Redundant storage)
  • RGRS

• Access tier Refer Here

  • Hot
  • cool
  • cold
  • archive

• Pricing

  • Scenario: 10 TB Storage and 100 TB Access
    • Hot:
      • Storage: $212.99
    • Cool:
      • Storage: $155.65
      • Data transfer: $1,024.00
    • Cold:
      • Storage: $36.86
      • Data Transfer $3,072.00
    • Archive:
      • Storage: $10.14

• Versioning: Refer Here

• Lifecycle transitions: This is about changing the access tier of an object according to time periods Refer Here

• AWS S3 buckets are required to be configure with replication rules to sync the contents of buckets from one bucket to other (other region or other aws account.)

• Azure Storage accounts also support replication of objects from one storage to other (different region or different azure accounts)

Hosting Static Websites

• Static websites use html, css and javascript
• Sample website design Refer Here

AWS S3 – Hosting static website

• Since AWS S3 has support for blobs, it also supports static website hosting
• Advantages
  • no need to worry about scaling
• Extra’s
  • we need to configure dns to map domain name to s3 bucket