BLOB Storage:
Blob is optimized data for storing massive amount of data such as text/binary
Objects in blob storage can be accessed from anywhere using HTTP/HTTPS.
Type of Bob supported:
- Block Blobs (blocks of Data) – Store text/binary data (up to 47TB/blob)
- Append Blob – Optimized blobs Ideal for logging data from VM (recovered-and-append data).
- Page Blobs – Stores random access files (8TB/Blob – stores VHD files, serve as a disk for azure VM and Azure SQL DB user page blob).
Page blobs are collections of 512 Bytes Page for reading and writing, hence Ideal for index-based DS for VM and database.
Uses of Blob Storage:
1. Serving Image/Document directly on the browser
2. Storing files for distributed access
3. Streaming Audio/Video
4. Storing backup and restoring disaster recovery/recovery.
5. Storing data for analysis
Types of resources offered by Blob storage:
- Storage Account – Avoid special characters, avoid capital letters and should be globally unique.
- A Container in an Account – A container organizes a set of blobs, similar to the directory in a file system ( hence the user can create unlimited containers and blobs)
- Blob in a container
For more information: Introduction to Blob (object) storage – Azure Storage |
