azure-storage
Difference between new and classic storage accounts in Azure
Classic storage accounts are created using existing Service Management API’s (the REST API stack that’s been available for the past several years). The newer storage accounts are created with the new Azure Resource Manager (ARM) API’s (which are also wrapped in PowerShell and CLI now). Ultimately they provide the same resources to your apps, but … Read more
Is it better to have many small Azure storage blob containers (each with some blobs) or one really large container with tons of blobs?
Everyone has given you excellent answers around accessing blobs directly. However, if you need to list blobs in a container, you will likely see better performance with the many-container model. I just talked with a company who’s been storing a massive number of blobs in a single container. They frequently list the objects in the … Read more
Where can I find my Azure account name and account key?
If you’re referring to a Windows Azure Storage account, the storage account name would be the dns prefix you created (e.g. mystorage.blob.core.windows.net – the name would be mystorage). You then get two keys – primary and secondary. Specify either. You have two so you can give one out to someone (such as giving the secondary … Read more
Azure Blob Storage vs. File Service [closed]
A few items for your question: You can’t mount Azure Blob Storage as a native share on a virtual machine. Azure Blob Storage isn’t hierarchical beyond containers. You can add files that have / or \ characters in them that are interpreted as folders by many apps that read blob storage. Azure File Service provides … Read more