2.3.2 Describe Azure Storage Accounts
Description of different types of storage accounts.
Storage accounts provide unique namespace for storage data which is accessible from anywhere in the world over HTTP or HTTPS. This data is secure, highly available and massively scalable.
The type of storage account you create determines the storage service & redundancy options. Redundancy options available are:
Locally Redundant Storage (LRS)
Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS)
Read-Access Geo-Redundant Storage (RA-GRS)
Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS)
Geo-Zone-Redundant-Storage (GZRS)
Read-Access Geo-Zone-Redundant-Storage (RA-GZRS)
Standard general-purpose v2
Blob Storage (including Data Lake Storage), Queue Storage, Table Storage, Azure files.
LRS, GRS, RA-GRS, ZRS, GZRS, RA-RZRS
Standard storage type for blobs, file shares, queues and tables. Recommended for most scenarios. If you want NFS support, use premium file shares type.
Premium block blobs
Blob Storage (including Data Lake Storage)
LRS, ZRS
Premium storage account type for block blobs and append blobs. Recommended for scenarios with high transaction rates or that require consistently low storage latency.
Premium file shares
Azure Files
LRS, ZRS
Premium account type for file shares only. Recommended for enterprise or high performance scale applications. Use this for a storage account supporting SMB and NFS.
Premium page blobs
Page blobs only
LRS
Premium account type for page blobs only.
Storage Account Endpoints
Every storage account in Azure must have a unique-in-Azure account name. The combination of the account name and Azure Storage service endpoint forms the endpoints for your storage account.
Storage account names must be between 3 and 24 characters and may only contain (lowercase) alphanumeric characters.
Storage account name must be unique in Azure.
The endpoint format is as follows:
Blob Storage
https://<account-name>.blob.core.windows.net
Data Lake Storage Gen2
https://<account-name>.dfs.core.windows.net
Azure Files
https://<account-name>file.core.windows.net
Queue Storage
https://<account-name>.queue.core.windows.net
Table Storage
https://<account-name>.table.core.windows.net