A company is planning to migrate an on-premises workload to Azure. The workload has the following two storage requirements:
* A shared file repository that must be concurrently accessible by multiple virtual machines using standard file sharing protocols.
* An archive of historical transaction data that will be accessed less than once a year, must be retained for seven years, and can tolerate a retrieval latency of several hours.
Which two Azure Storage options should the company select to meet these requirements?
- Azure Files to host the shared file repository.Answer
- Azure Blob storage configured with the Archive access tier for the historical transaction data.Answer
- CAzure Blob storage configured with the Archive access tier to allow immediate, low-latency querying of the historical transaction data.
- DAzure Disk storage to host the shared file repository for multiple virtual machines.
Answer
Azure Files to host the shared file repository, and Azure Blob storage configured with the Archive access tier for the historical transaction data.
Azure Files is the correct choice for the shared file repository because it supports standard file sharing protocols (SMB and NFS) and allows concurrent connections from multiple virtual machines. Azure Blob storage with the Archive access tier is the correct choice for the historical data because it provides the most cost-effective storage for offline data that is rarely accessed and can tolerate retrieval times of several hours.
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Key Concept
Azure Storage services offer distinct solutions for file sharing (Azure Files) and low-cost data archiving (Azure Blob Storage Archive tier) based on concurrency, protocol, access frequency, and retrieval latency.