Azure Storage Blobs Tutorial

Welcome to the Azure Storage Blobs Tutorial

Learn how to work with Azure Blob Storage in this tutorial.

Understanding Blob Types

Blob Type 1

Azure Blob Storage supports different Blob types: Standard, Hot, Cold, and Archive.

Standard: The most commonly used type, suitable for most scenarios.

Hot: Automatically recovered after a failure, allows for faster data recovery.

Cold: Data is stored in an archive, less expensive but with slower recovery.

Archive: Data is stored in a secondary storage area, archived for long-term retention.

Blob Type 2

Hot Blob Storage is ideal for data that requires fast recovery.

Hot: Data recovery takes 1-5 minutes.

Cold: Data recovery takes 15-30 minutes.

Archive: Data recovery takes 30-90 minutes.

Blob Type 3

Cold Blob Storage is ideal for long-term archival.

Cold: Data recovery takes 30-90 minutes.

Archive: Data recovery takes 90+ minutes.

Blob Type 4

This Blob Type is for backups.

Cold: Data recovery takes 30-90 minutes.

Archive: Data recovery takes 90+ minutes.

Blob Type 5

This Blob Type is for backups.

Hot: Data recovery takes 1-5 minutes.

Cold: Data recovery takes 15-30 minutes.

Archive: Data recovery takes 30-90 minutes.