Windows Azure Storage: How It Works, Best Practices, and Future Directions Jai Haridas Development Manager Microsoft Corporation AZR306

Windows Azure Storage Introduction

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Storage CapacityGeographically RedundantLocally Redundant First 1 TB / Month$0.125 per GB$0.093 per GB Next 49 TB / Month$0.11 per GB$0.083 per GB Next 450 TB / Month$0.095 per GB$0.073 per GB Next 500 TB / Month$0.09 per GB$0.063 per GB Next 4,000 TB / Month$0.08 per GB$0.053 per GB Next 4,000 TB / Month$0.055 per GB$0.037 per GB

Higher durability 3 local replicas in primary location Local replicas – synchronously replicated Common failures (disk, node, rack) – use local copies to recover Major disasters – contact customer about potential data loss Reduced Price – 23-34% based on how much you store Turn off Geo for your storage account in portal Non-critical data that can be recreated on major disasters Application manages its own replica Companies have limitations on geo locations Locally Redundant Storage Highest level of durability 3 local replicas each in primary and secondary locations Local replicas – synchronously replicated Geo replica – asynchronously replicated Common failures (disk, node, rack) – use local copies to recover Major disasters – use geo replicated copy (400+ miles apart) Price remains the same as before Enabled by default Geo Redundant Storage

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Windows Azure Storage Key Concepts

Key Concepts - Indexes

Key Concepts – How are objects stored? Account Name Container Name Blob Name user1logs log user1logs log ……… user1logs log user1logs log ……… user2logs log Account Name Container Name Blob Name user1logs log user1logs log ……… user1logs log user1logs log ……… user2logs log

Key Concepts – How does storage scale? A A B C A

Key Concepts – Scalability Targets

Windows Azure Storage Best Practices

Storage Accounts

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Blob Design & Scalability

Table Design & Scalability

Queue Design & Scalability

Shared Access Signatures (SAS)

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Windows Azure Storage Future Direction

Future

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