Azure storage types

In this Azure tutorial, we will discuss about Azure storage types. Apart from this, we will also discuss on below topics

Microsoft Azure storage types
  • Azure storage type for VM
  • Azure Storage Pricing

Azure storage types

Before discussing the types of Azure storage, check out a little bit about the Azure storage account.

To create a storage account in the Azure portal, you can refer to my article on Create storage account.

Below are the lists of Azure storage types

  • File
  • Blob
  • Queue
  • Disks
  • Table
Azure storage types

Azure File storage

This storage feature offers regular file shares in the cloud or on-premises environments.

The Azure file storage features use the standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.

This storage is also designed to support the file shares between the virtual machines or can store files there that can be accessed from different Virtual Machines.

This act like a local file share. It is a great solution for moving your local file shares to the cloud as well as “lifting and shifting” data to the cloud.

Azure File Storage Pricing

For LRS Redundancy, the price for Azure file storage is as below

LRS Redundancy

PremiumStandard
GiB/month₹22.209 per provisioned GiB₹4.363 per used GiB
Snapshots GiB/month₹18.507 perused GiB₹4.363 per used GiB

Operations and Data Transfer prices

StandardPremium
Put, Create Container Operations (per 10,000)₹0.9915Free
List Operations (per 10,000)₹0.9915Free
All other operations except Delete, which is free (per 10,000)₹0.0992Free
Geo-Replication Data Transfer (per GiB)N/AFree

ZRS Redundancy

PremiumStandard
GiB/monthN/A₹5.453 per used GiB
Snapshots GiB/monthN/A₹5.453 per used GiB

Operations and Data Transfer prices

StandardPremium
Put, Create Container Operations (per 10,000)₹1.2394Free
List Operations (per 10,000)₹0.9915Free
All other operations except Delete, which is free (per 10,000)₹0.0992Free
Geo-Replication Data Transfer (per GiB)N/AFree

For more details, you can refer to Microsoft official site

Azure Blob storage

Azure Blob storage allows the storage of unstructured data. We can store massive data like text files, images, audio, videos, media files, application installers, etc.

These data can be accessed from any place via protocols like HTTP or HTTPS.

Azure Blob storage allows for storing data for disaster recovery, backup and archiving, videos for streaming, and storing data for shared access.

Types of Azure Blob Storage

There are three types of Azure blob storage

Azure Blob storage types

Block Blobs storage

These are small blocks with unique IDS. One block blob can contain up to 50,000 blocks.

Append Blobs storage

We cannot update or delete any existing blocks. In Block Blobs storage unique IDs are not kept secret but Here all the unique IDs are kept secret.

Page Blobs storage

The maximum size of a page blob is 8 TB.

Azure Blobs storage Pricing

For LRS Redundancy, the price for Azure Block Blobs storage is as below

PremiumHOTCOOLARCHIVE
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month₹13.88022 per GB₹1.3220 per GB₹1.00467 per GB₹0.13220 per GB
Next 450 TB / month₹13.88022 per GB₹1.2691 per GB₹1.00467 per GB₹0.13220 per GB
Over 500 TB / month₹13.88022 per GB₹1.2162 per GB₹1.00467 per GB₹0.13220 per GB

Operations and Data Transfer prices

PremiumHOTCOOLARCHIVE
Write operations (per 10,000)1₹1.6194₹3.6353₹6.6097₹7.9316
List and Create Container Operations₹4.6268₹3.6353₹3.6353₹3.6353
Read operations (per 10,000)₹0.1296₹0.2909₹0.6610₹396.5775
Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)5₹4,626.7375
All other Operations (per 10,000),
except for Delete, which is free
₹0.1296₹0.2909₹0.2909₹0.2909
Data Retrieval (per GB)FreeFree₹0.6610₹1.5864
Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)5₹9.2535
Data Write (per GB)4FreeFreeFreeFree

For more details, you can refer to Microsoft’s official site

Azure Queue storage

Azure Queue storage is a service that can store large numbers of messages that can be accessed from anywhere in the world using HTTP or HTTPS.

The size of a queue message can be up to 64 KB.

Azure Queue storage Pricing

STORAGE CAPACITYLRSGRSRA-GRS
Storage in GB/Month₹3.2718 per GB₹4.3624 per GB₹5.4530 per GB

Operations and data transfer prices

LRSGRSRA-GRS
Queue Class 1* operations (in 10,000)₹0.0238₹0.0238₹0.0238
Queue Class 2** operations (in 10,000)₹0.0238₹0.0238₹0.0238
Geo-replication data transfer (per GB)N/AFreeFree

Azure Disks storage

This is a virtual hard disk that behaves almost similarly to a physical hard disk.

Azure Disks storage is of two types

  • Managed
  • Unmanaged
Azure Disks storage type

In the case of managed disks storage, we can have one storage account for each Azure region.

In the case of Unmanaged disks storage, We need to have storage accounts that can hold the disks for the Azure virtual machine.

There are four types of managed disks

  • Ultra SSD Managed Disks
  • Premium SSD Managed Disks
  • Standard SSD Managed Disks
  • Standard HDD Managed Disks

Azure Disks storage pricing

DISK SIZEPRICE PER MONTH1-YEAR PRICEIOPS PER DISKTHROUGHPUT PER DISK PRICE
P14 GiB₹55.53N/AUp to 3,500 Provisioned 120Up to 170 MB/second
Provisioned 25 MB/second
P28 GiB₹111.05N/AUp to 3,500 Provisioned 120Up to 170 MB/second
Provisioned 25 MB/second
P316 GiB₹222.09N/AUp to 3,500 Provisioned 120Up to 170 MB/second
Provisioned 25 MB/second
P432 GiB₹348.96N/AUp to 3,500 Provisioned 120Up to 170 MB/second
Provisioned 25 MB/second
P664 GiB₹674.65N/AUp to 3,500 Provisioned 120Up to 170 MB/second
Provisioned 25 MB/second
P10128 GiB₹1,302.76N/AUp to 3,500 Provisioned 120Up to 170 MB/second
Provisioned 25 MB/second
P15256 GiB₹2,512.47N/AUp to 3,500 Provisioned 120Up to 170 MB/second
Provisioned 25 MB/second
P20512 GiB₹4,839.57N/AUp to 3,500 Provisioned 120Up to 170 MB/second
Provisioned 25 MB/second
P301 TiB₹8,934.24₹8,487.86045,000200 MB/second
P402 TiB₹17,121.95₹16,265.18547,500250 MB/second
P504 TiB₹32,755.04₹31,120.31757,500250 MB/second
P608 TiB₹62,532.35₹59,404.004716,000500 MB/second
P7016 TiB₹1,19,109.41₹1,13,156.7818,000750 MB/second
P8032 TiB ₹2,38,218.16₹2,26,308.052220,000900 MB/second

For more details, you can refer to Microsoft official site

Azure Table storage

The Azure Table storage allows the storage of structured data. It stores NoSQL data.

This service allows for the storage of structured, non-relational data.

Azure Table Storage Pricing

STORAGE CAPACITYLRSGRSRA-GRSZRSGZRSRA-GZRS
Storage in GB/Month₹3.2718 per GB₹4.3624 per GB₹5.4530 p GB₹4.0848 p GBN/A p GBN/A p GB

Operations and Data Transfer prices

It is ₹0.023795 per 10,000 transactions for tables

Azure storage type for VM

Let’s discuss here the Azure storage types for the virtual machine.

Microsoft provides three types of storage for the virtual machine

  • Standard HDD Storage
  • Standard SSD Storage
  • Premium SSD Storage

Standard HDD Storage

  • Standard HDD Storage is like a traditional hard disk model and is offered as unmanaged Standard HDD storage.
  • For standard HDD storage, Microsoft charges based on the amount of storage consumed.

Standard SSD Storage

  • Standard SSD storage is like Solid State Storage and is offered as Managed disks.
  • For Standard SSD storage, Microsoft charges based on the amount of storage allocated.

Premium SSD Storage

  • Premium SSD storage is also like Solid State Storage.
  • Only Premium Storage capable virtual machines support attaching Premium SSD Storage to them.

One important thing you need to keep in mind is that all Managed disk is charged by the amount of space allocated, but the Unmanaged HDD storage is only charged for the amount of space consumed.

These are the four types of Azure storage provided by Microsoft in case of the virtual machines.

Azure Storage Pricing

We have discussed the pricing details for each storage. Check out the complete information on Azure storage account pricing now.

FAQs

Is Azure storage account iaas or paas

Answer: Iaas as per the Microsoft documentation.

An Azure storage account has to be created before using Azure storage files or blobs.

Answer: True

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Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned the below things:

  • Azure Storage Account
  • Azure storage type for VM
  • Azure Storage Pricing
  • Azure Storage Explorer

I hope you have enjoyed this article !!!