Azure Storage Services

Question 1

T or F

With storage accounts in Azure a unique namespace is created

Answer 1

True

Question 2

T or F

No two storage accounts can have the same name

Answer 2

True

Question 3

T or F

Azure Storage always stores multiple copies of your data so that it’s protected from planned and unplanned events

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Redundancy ensures what for your storage account

Answer 4

that it meets availability and durability targets even in the face of failures

Question 5

Redundancy in the primary region

Answer 5

storage account is always replicated 3 times

Question 6

What are the two options for how your data is replicated in the primary region?

Answer 6

LRS - locally redundant storage
ZRS - zone redundant storage

Question 7

LRS - local redundant storage

Answer 7

replicates your data 3X within a single data center in the primary region

provides 11 nines of durability (99.999999999%) over a year

Question 8

T or F

LRS is the lowest cost redundancy option and offers the least durability

Answer 8

True

Question 9

T or F

LRS is good for drive failures but lacks when it comes to a fire or flooding event

Answer 9

True.

All data may not be unrecoverable in the even of a fire or flooding

Question 10

T or F

Zone redundant storage replicates your Azure Storage data synchronously across three Azure availability zones in the primary region

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What’s the durability rate for ZRS in a given year?

Answer 11

12 nines.

99.9999999999%

Question 12

How many availability zones does ZRS replicate your data to?

Answer 12

three

Question 13

T or F

With ZRS your data is still accessible for both read and write even if a zone becomes unavailable.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

T or F

Microsoft recommends using ZRS for primary regions for scenarios that require high availability

Answer 14

True

Question 15

T or F

If you chose to have your data copied to the second region, it will be durable even in the event of a catastrophic failure

Answer 15

True

Question 16

T or F

the secondary region is based on Azure Region pairs and can’t be changed

Answer 16

True

Question 17

What are the two storage options for secondary regions?

Answer 17

geo redundant storage (GRS) - similar to LRS

geo zone redundant storage (GZRS) - similar to ZRS

Question 18

GRS

Answer 18

copies data 3X in primary region then copies data to a single physical location in secondary region

Question 19

GZRS

Answer 19

data is copied 3X across 3 availability zones in primary region & is also replicated to secondary region, using LSR for protection

Question 20

Read accesses to data in GRS and GZRS

Answer 20

read only

Question 21

Azure Storage platforms

Answer 21

Azure Blobs
Azure Files
Azure Queues
Azure Disks
Azure Tables

Question 22

Benefits of Azure Storage

Answer 22

Durable and highly available
Secure
Scalable
Managed
Accessible

Question 23

Azure Blobs

Answer 23

object storage solution.
store massive amounts of data
no restrictions to the type of data it can hold
can be reached from anywhere with an internet connection via HTTP or HTTPS

Question 24

Blob storage is ideal for

Answer 24

serving images or documents directly to browser

storing files for distributed access

streaming video and audio

storing data for backup and restore, disaster recovery, and archiving

storing data for analysis by an on premises or Azure hosted service

Question 25

Access tiers for Blob

Answer 25

Hot access - regularly accessed cool access - infrequently access and stored for at least 30 days cold access - infrequently accessed and stored for at least 90 days archive access - rarely accessed and stored for at least 180 days with flexible latency requirements

Question 26

Azure Files key benefits

Answer 26

shared access fully managed scripting and tooling resiliency familiar programmability

Question 27

Azure Queues

Answer 27

service for storing large numbers of messages. can be accessed from anywhere in the world via authenticated calls using HTTP or HTTPS

Question 28

Azure Disks

Answer 28

block level storage volumes managed by Azure for use with Azure VMs

Question 29

Azure Tables

Answer 29

store large amounts of structured data NoSQL datastore that accepts authenticated calls from inside and outside the Azure cloud

Question 30

Azure Migration

Answer 30

helps you migrate from an on premises environment to the cloud

Question 31

Azure Migrations provides the following

Answer 31

Unified migration platform range of tools assessment and migration

Question 32

Integrated tools for Azure Migrate

Answer 32

Discovery and assessment Server migration Data Migration Assistant Migration Service Azure App Service migration assistant Azure Data Box

Question 33

Azure Data Box

Answer 33

physical migration service that helps transfer large amounts of data in a quick, inexpensive, and reliable way

Question 34

AZCopy

Answer 34

command line utility that you can use to copy blobs or files to or from your storage account

Question 35

Azure Storage Explorer

Answer 35

standalone app that provides a graphical interface to manage files and blobs

Question 36

Azure File Sync

Answer 36

a tool that lets you centralize your file shares and keep flexibility, performance, and compatibility

Question 37

Which tool automatically keeps files between an on premises Windows server and an Azure cloud enviornment?

Answer 37

Azure File sync

Question 38

Which storage redundancy option provides the highest degree of durability, with 16 nines of durability?

Answer 38

Geo-zone-redundant-storage

Question 39

Which Azure storage service supports big data analytics, as well as handling text and binary types?

Answer 39

Azure Blobs