An organization is deploying several Azure Virtual Machines (IaaS) and needs to select the appropriate storage solution for the operating system (OS) disks. Which Azure storage service is specifically designed for hosting virtual machine operating system disks?
- AThe Archive access tier of Azure Blob Storage, which allows the virtual machine to read and write active operating system files directly.
- BAzure Files, with the expectation that Microsoft will manage the database engines and application middleware configurations inside the virtual machine.
- Azure Disk Storage, which provides persistent block-level volume storage for Azure Virtual Machines.Answer
- DAzure Files, with the expectation that the customer is responsible for patching the operating system of the servers hosting the file shares.
Answer
Azure Disk Storage, which provides persistent block-level volume storage for Azure Virtual Machines.
The correct answer is Azure Disk Storage because it provides block-level storage volumes designed to be attached to Azure Virtual Machines, which is required for hosting an operating system (OS) disk.
Step-by-Step Solution
Key Concept
Azure Disk Storage is the block-level storage service designed for Azure Virtual Machines to run OS and data disks, whereas Azure Files provides file shares and Blob Storage offers object storage with different access tiers.
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