Disk Storage
Azure Disk storage is a durable, high-performance, and highly available storage solution for virtual machines (VMs) in Azure. It provides disk-based storage volumes for Azure VMs, allowing VMs to persist data even if the underlying VM instance is deleted.
Key Features of Disk Storage
- Offers high durability through automatic and configurable data replication.
- Provides fast and predictable disk performance, with low latency and high throughput.
- Can scale up to provide additional storage capacity as needed.
- Pay-as-you-go pricing based on data usage and storage.
- Can be easily attached to and detached from VMs, allowing for flexible storage management.
- Supports encryption of data in transit and at rest.
Applications of Disk Storage
- Storing and managing data for Azure VMs, including operating system disks and data disks.
- Storing and managing data for databases, such as SQL Server, Oracle, and NoSQL databases.
- Storing and managing data for applications, such as web applications, mobile applications, and big data applications.
Types of Storage Account in Microsoft Azure
Pre-requisite: Storage Accounts
In Azure, the term “Storage type” refers to the different types of storage services offered by Azure to store data. These types of storage services vary in their performance, durability, and cost characteristics, and are designed to meet specific data storage needs.
The following are the main storage types in Azure:
- Blob Storage: Non-relational object storage service for unstructured data.
- File Storage: SMB-based file storage service for cloud or on-premises applications.
- Queue Storage: A service for storing and retrieving large numbers of messages for communication between microservices.
- Table Storage: A NoSQL key-value store for semi-structured data.
- Disk Storage: Managed disk storage for virtual machines.
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