

Step 2 − Click on ‘Dashboard’ from top horizontal menu. Step 1 − Click on the ‘Storage Account’ it will take you to the next screen. So, choosing the replication of data depends on the cost and individual requirements. There are different price plans for each replication option and the ‘Local Redundant’ is the cheapest of them all. The main advantage here is that availability of data can be maximized. Read-access geo-redundant storage − This option allows reading of data from a secondary location when data on the primary location is not available. The numbers of copies of data created are 6 in this case. Geo-redundant storage − `Copy is created in a different region which means data is retained even if there is a failure in the complete region. One more advantage is that data can be read from a secondary location. The advantage is that even if there is failure on one facility, the data still can be retained. Zone-redundant storage (available for blobs only) − Copy of the data is created on separate facilities either in the same region or across two regions. There are 3 copies of each request made against the data that resides on separate domains. Locally redundant storage − Copy of the data is created in the same region where storage account is created. It is retained even in case of hardware failure. A copy of the data is kept so that it is durable and available at high speed. You can see there are four options in the ‘Replication’ dropdown. Step 2 − Click on ‘Quick Create’ and it will ask for ‘Account Name’. Step 1 − When you login into your Azure account, you can find ‘Storage’ under ‘Data Services’.
Microsoft azure storage explorer web how to#
In this chapter, we will learn how to create a Windows Azure Storage account and use it for storing data. You can also create our own client although Windows Azure SDK provides a client library for accessing the Storage. The storage can be accessed through HTTP. Windows Azure allows developers to store tables, blobs, and message queues. Use the CentreStack file browser web portal to undelete the files and folders.The Storage component of Windows Azure represents a durable store in the cloud. You will also need to undelete the "deleted folder" marker file that ends in "_$$folder$$":Īfter undeleting in the Azure portal, the files will still be marked for deletion in CentreStack. To restore ("undelete") the files, select each deleted file, then click the Undelete button: The view of the same folder from the blob container itself shows similar view but with a Status column that shows the AT&T_$$folder$$" as deleted:ĭrilling down into the AT&T folder also shows its files as deleted: Notice in the screenshot above that Azure's soft delete has now marked the CentreStack delete marker file AT&T_$$folder$$" as deleted. When viewing the parent Test folder, the Azure Storage Explorer shows: When the file and folder is purged by CentreStack (after the retention policy expires the deleted file), then the Azure Storage Explorer shows the deleted files as seen below when viewing the Test\AT&T folder: If the Pending Purge Folders report is viewed moments after the folder is deleted, nothing is displayed (yet): This view is from with the parent Test folder, with the "_$$folder$$" being the CentreStack "folder delete marker" for the folder: Navigating into the blob container itself in Azure shows a similar view from within the Test\AT&T folder: In the Azure Storage explorer viewing the Test\AT&T shows that the "Install AWS CloudWatch agent.docx." file has a CentreStack "file delete marker", namely the immediately following the first part of the file name. In this example a folder Test\AT&T was deleted in the CentreStack web portal from the Test team folder. Soft delete may also be modified in the settings of the storage container after it is created: Soft delete can be enabled when the storage account is created via the Advanced tab of the Storage Account creation wizard: This article will demonstrate the Soft Delete feature using screenshots from a CentreStack deployment in Azure. Azure Storage Accounts has a "blob soft delete" feature that can help protect against accidental folder and file deletion when CentreStack is using Azure blob containers for backend storage and/or Team Folders.
