Storages

Azure Blob Storage:

• Blob storage is designed for storing large amounts of unstructured data, such as images, videos, backups, log files, and other binary data.

• It provides three different access tiers: Hot (frequently accessed data), Cool (infrequently accessed data), and Archive (rarely accessed data).

• Blob storage offers high scalability, availability, and durability.

Example: A media streaming service can store video files, audio files, and images in Blob storage. The files can be accessed from anywhere and served to users on various devices.

Azure Data Lake Storage:

• Data Lake Storage is a secure, scalable, and massively parallel data storage service optimized for big data analytics workloads.

• It supports storing and processing structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data in a single location.

• Azure Data Lake Storage integrates with Azure HDInsight, Azure Databricks, and other big data analytics services.

Example: Best suited for storing Data files such as csv, parquet. As it offers hierarchical namespace to store folders and files. Economical and offers path based syntax (abfss://conatiner@storage/folder/file.csv)

Azure Table Storage:

• Table storage is a NoSQL key-value store designed for storing semi-structured data.

• It provides a schemaless design, allowing you to store heterogeneous data types.

• Table storage is suitable for storing structured, non-relational data with massive scale and low-cost storage.

Example: A mobile application can store user profiles, preferences, and other structured data in Azure Table Storage. The schemaless design of Table Storage allows for flexible data modeling and easy scalability as the application grows.

Azure Disk Storage:

• Disk storage provides persistent storage for Azure Virtual Machines (VMs).

• It offers different disk types, such as Ultra Disks, Premium SSDs, Standard SSDs, and Standard HDDs, to meet various performance and cost requirements.

• Disk storage is used for operating system disks, data disks, and temporary disks for Azure VMs.

Example: An e-commerce website can use Azure Disk Storage to store the operating system disks and data disks for the virtual machines running the web application and database servers.

Azure File Storage:

• File storage provides fully managed file shares that can be mounted and accessed like a regular file system.

• It allows you to share files between virtual machines (VMs), applications, and on-premises deployments.

• Azure File Storage supports the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and Network File System (NFS) protocol.

Example: A development team can create a file share using Azure File Storage to store and share source code, documentation, and other project files. The file share can be accessed concurrently by multiple team members, regardless of their location.

Azure Queue Storage:

• Queue storage is a messaging service that enables you to store and retrieve messages in a queue.

• It is commonly used for building reliable and scalable cloud-based applications and services.

• Messages can be processed asynchronously, enabling decoupled communication between components.

Example: A web application can use Azure Queue Storage to offload resource-intensive tasks, such as image processing or sending email notifications, to a queue.