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storage account to use read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS) or read-access geo-zone-redun-


dant storage (RA-GZRS).
Tip: If your storage account is configured for read access to the secondary region, then you can design
your applications to seamlessly shift to reading data from the secondary region if the primary region
becomes unavailable for any reason.

Design for Azure blob storage


When designing blob storage4, there are two main areas we’ll highlight. The first is determining the blob
access tier. Blob storage type affects storage availability, latency, and cost. The second area is deciding if
immutable storage is needed.

Determine the Azure blob access tier


Optimize storage costs by placing your data in the appropriate access tier.

Feature Premium Hot tier Cool tier Archive tier


Availability 99.9% 99.9% 99% Offline
Availability N/A 99.99% 99.9% Offline
(RA-GRS reads)
Usage charges Higher storage Higher storage Lower storage Lowest storage
costs, lower access, costs, lower access, costs, higher costs, highest
and transaction and transaction access, and access, and
cost costs transaction costs transaction costs
Minimum storage N/A N/A 30 days 180 days
duration
Latency (time to Single-digit milliseconds milliseconds hours2
first byte) milliseconds
●● Premium blob storage. The premium blob storage account types5 are best suited for I/O intensive
workloads that require low and consistent storage latency. Premium blob storage uses solid-state
drives (SSDs) for fast and consistent response times. This storage is best for workloads that perform
many small transactions. An example would be a mapping app that requires frequent and fast
updates.
●● Hot access tier. By default, new storage accounts are created in the hot access tier. The hot tier is
optimized for frequent reads and writes of objects in the storage account. The hot tier has higher
storage costs than cool and archive tiers, but the lowest access costs. A good usage case is data that
is actively being processed.
●● Cool access tier. The cool access tier is optimized for storing large amounts of data that is infrequent-
ly accessed. This tier is intended for data that will remain in the cool tier for at least 30 days. The cool
access tier has lower storage costs and higher access costs compared to hot storage. A usage case for

4 https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blobs-overview
5 https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-performance-tiers

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