Azure Storage services
Azure Storage has multiple services that would fit most scenarios. At the moment, there are four types of Azure Storage services, which are as follows:
- Blob storage
- Table storage
- Queue storage
- File storage
Each of these services can be used for different scenarios, which we will cover in detail shortly.
Blob storage
Blob stands for binary large object. This type of service can store almost everything since it stores unstructured data, such as documents, files, images, VHDs, and so on.
Using the Azure Blob storage service makes you capable of storing everything we have just mentioned, and able to access them from anywhere using different access methods, such as URLs, REST APIs, or even one of the Azure SDK Storage Client Libraries, which will be covered later in this chapter.
There are three types of Blob storage:
- Block blobs: They are an excellent choice to store media files, documents, backups, and so on. They are good for files that are read from A-Z (sequential reading).
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