Directory and Table Buckets

• These are two new types of buckets added.
  • Directory Buckets: They use file paths rather than prefixes, This is useful for data lakes
  • Table Buckets: This is based on Apache Iceberg to store the data in tabular formats for quick retireval
• They are used for storing semistructure data in large volume Data Pipelines.

Cross region Replications

• When the data is added to one bucket either all content or some selected content based on prefixes can be synced to other buckets in other regions
  
• Navigate to Management -> Replication Rules

Storage in Azure

• Azure Storage Account is a service offered by Azure which handles
  • blob storage
  • Table Storage
  • File Shares
  • Queue Storage
• In Azure Blob Storage has 3 types
  • Page Blob: Hard disks
  • Block Blob: blobs (like s3 objects)
  • Append Blod: for log files
• Azure Global Infra:
  • Azure has two types of regions
    • regions
    • regions with zones
• Azure Storage Accounts
• Storage Account types
• Azure Storage Redundancy
• Durability And Availability
• Access Tiers