Microsoft Azure Cloud Storage Microsoft’s answer to their cloud competitor Amazon is finally here. Microsoft has a wide range of storage solutions, providing SaaS (software as a service), PaaS (platform as a service ) and IaaS (infrastructure as a service). Azure supports a great variety of programming languages, tools, and frameworks, ranging from Microsoft-specific to Linux, or other third-party software and systems.
In the table below we’ll look at the Hot Access Tier, as this is the most commonly used storage tier for online usage.
Cloud based | |
GDPR Compliant | |
On premise | |
Open source | |
Versioned files | |
Cross Region Replication | |
API | |
S3 Compatible API | |
Management interfaces | Portal, CLI, REST api |
Event hooks/pubsub | |
SLA | Best effort. Credits below 99.9%. That is 43 minutes of downtime allowed per month without having to issue credits |
Maximum object filesize | ~4.75 TB |
Minimum object filesize | A 0 byte file has at least 4 bytes of chargeable overhead for metadata. Formula: 4 bytes + Len (PartitionKey + RowKey) * 2 bytes + For-Each Property(8 bytes + Len(Property Name) * 2 bytes + Sizeof(.Net Property Type)) |
Recommended max file count per bucket | Unlimited, as long as you stay under 5PB across your account |
Max filesize for a bucket | |
Maximum amount of buckets | unlimited |
Logs | |
Authentication / ACL | Shared access signature allows authenticated access to objects |
CDN integration | Azure Storage integrates with Azure’s as well as any other CDN directly |
Peering & interconnect | Azure Storage doesn’t have special interconnects published |
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown |