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In Azure, a storage account is a service that provides highly available, secure, durable, and scalable
storage for various types of data. It's essentially a container that holds all your Azure Storage data
objects such as blobs, files, queues, tables, and disks. These storage accounts can be used to store
files, documents, images, backups, logs, virtual machine disks, and more.

Azure Storage offers several types of storage accounts to support different scenarios:

1. General-purpose v2: This is the most versatile type of storage account, supporting all
types of Azure Storage services and providing access to the latest features. It's
suitable for most storage scenarios.
2. General-purpose v1: This type of storage account is similar to v2 but with fewer
features and performance enhancements. It's primarily for customers who need
support for legacy applications or APIs.
3. Blob storage: Optimized for storing large amounts of unstructured data, such as text
or binary data. It's ideal for serving documents, images, videos, and other files directly
to browsers.
4. File storage: Offers fully managed file shares in the cloud that can be accessed via
the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. It's suitable for migrating on-premises file
share applications to the cloud.
5. Blob storage (archive tier): This is a specialized type of blob storage that provides a
low-cost option for storing rarely accessed data with flexible latency requirements.
6. Premium: Designed for high-performance, I/O-sensitive workloads that require low-
latency and consistent performance.

In Azure Storage, replication options and access tiers are essential features that allow you
to customize how your data is stored, accessed, and replicated for redundancy and availability
purposes. Let's delve into each of these:

Replication Options:

1. Locally redundant storage (LRS):


o Data is replicated within a single data center or availability zone to ensure
high durability.
o Offers low-cost redundancy for scenarios where data resilience within a single
region is sufficient.
2. Geo-redundant storage (GRS):
o Data is replicated synchronously across multiple data centers within the same
region for high availability.
o Additionally, data is asynchronously replicated to a paired region, which
ensures data resilience in the event of a regional outage.
o Offers a higher level of redundancy and data durability compared to LRS,
suitable for critical production workloads.
3. Zone-redundant storage (ZRS):
o Data is replicated across multiple availability zones within the same region,
providing resilience against zone failures.
o Offers higher availability than LRS within the same region by distributing data
across multiple isolated locations.
4. Geo-zone-redundant storage (GZRS):
o Combines the benefits of GRS and ZRS by replicating data synchronously
across multiple availability zones within the primary region and
asynchronously to a paired region.
o Offers the highest level of redundancy and availability, suitable for mission-
critical applications with stringent availability requirements.

Access Tiers:

1. Hot Access Tier:


o Optimized for frequently accessed data that requires low-latency access.
o Offers higher storage costs but lower access costs compared to the Cool tier.
2. Cool Access Tier:
o Ideal for data with less-frequent access patterns and relaxed latency
requirements.
o Offers lower storage costs but higher access costs compared to the Hot tier.
3. Archive Access Tier:
o Designed for rarely accessed data that needs to be stored for long-term
retention.
o Offers the lowest storage costs but incurs higher access costs and longer
access times compared to the Hot and Cool tiers.
o Suitable for compliance, regulatory, and archival purposes where infrequent
access is acceptable.
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