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Actual exam question from Microsoft's AZ-305

Question #: 5
Topic #: 2

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You have an Azure subscription that contains the storage accounts shown in the following table.

You plan to implement two new apps that have the requirements shown in the following table.

Which storage accounts should you recommend using for each app? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
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Box 1: Storage1 and storage3 only
Need to use Standard accounts.
Data stored in a premium block blob storage account cannot be tiered to hot, cool, or archive using Set Blob Tier or using Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management
Box 2: Storage1 and storage4 only
Azure File shares requires Premium accounts. Only Storage1 and storage4 are premium.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/access-tiers-overview#feature-support https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-how-to-create-file-share?tabs=azure-portal#basics

by Shadow983 at Dec. 17, 2021, 6:51 p.m.

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SANA

Highly Voted 3 years, 5 months ago

I think the proposed answer is correct. App1: Storage1 and storage3 only App2: Storage1 and storage4 only Note: Storage2, StorageV2 with Premium Performance does NOT exist https://docs.microsoft.com/en-ca/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview?toc=/azure/storage/blobs/toc.json#types-of-storage-accounts

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SilverFox22

3 years, 5 months ago

App1: "Lifecycle management policies are supported for block blobs and append blobs in general-purpose v2, premium block blob, and Blob Storage accounts." from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-overview so answer is 1 and 3 (2 does not exist. go ahead, try to create one :)

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fits08pistils

1 year, 8 months ago

While this is true, the only available option within a Lifecycle Management Policy for a premium block blob is to Delete the blob. Therefore Premium Block blobs don't have any access tiers (same as other premium storage accounts)

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chair123

1 year, 3 months ago

is this old question? because i tried to create storage account and found this only two options: 1- Standard (General Purpose V2) 2- Premium (BlockBlob, FileShare or PageBlob) there is no premium storageV2! then Storage2(premium StorageV2) doesn't exist? may someone explain here?

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d717098

1 month, 2 weeks ago

It's another annoying question designed to confuse you / trip you up. As other have mentioned, premium is only supported in the individual tiers, not GP v2

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kasper89

1 year ago

StorageV2 means GPv2 and there's no such thing as Premium only Standard> refer to MS documentation, but premium block blob exists

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bluedave

1 year, 10 months ago

If you create a premium pageblob and in the portal generate an export template the ARM type is StandardV2 and the SKU.tier is Premium. In the configuration blade for the premium pageblob you can choose Hot or Cool storage tiers.

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itmaster

3 years, 4 months ago

Storage2, StorageV2 with premium performance is the same as Premium Page Blobs according to this reference: https://www.ais.com/how-to-choose-the-right-kind-of-azure-storage-account/

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jkklim

Highly Voted 3 years, 3 months ago

GENERATION V1 ==> CANNOT HAVE LIFECYCLE GENERATION V2 => CAN HAVE LIFECYCLE PREMIUM FILE STORAGE ==> CANNOT HAVE LIFECYCLE PREMIUM BLOG ==> CANNOT HAVE LIFECYCLE (FYI - I TESTED THESE) . MORE OF FYI I TESTED ALL ABOVE THEREFORE STANDARD ==> LIFE CYCLE YES (STORAGE 1 AND STORAGE 3) APPS DATA - STORAGE 1 AND 4

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jkklim

3 years, 3 months ago

STORAGE 2 ==> V2 PREMIUM ==> THIS SERVICE DOES NOT EXIST IN AZURE STORAGE V1 STANDARD ONLY EXIST (WHICH IS WHY STORAGE 2 IS NEVER AN ANSWER)

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sawanti

1 year, 9 months ago

STORAGE V2 PREMIUM EXISTS IN THE AZURE. It's called Premium Page Blob. In Premium Page Blob you don't have both Lifecycle Management and File Shares, only blobs

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serbanvadi

Most Recent 2 months, 1 week ago

There are two main types of storage accounts you will use for Azure Files deployments: General purpose version 2 FileStorage storage accounts so for App 2 we need storage1 and storage4

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serbanvadi

2 months, 1 week ago

Lifecycle management policies are supported for block blobs and append blobs in general-purpose v2, premium block blob, and Blob Storage accounts. So for App1 is storage1 and storage3 only

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fb2378e

6 months, 3 weeks ago

I believe for App2 correct option isn't there, it should be as follows App1: Storage1 and storage3 only App2: Storage2 and storage4 only i.e. not an option

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[Removed]

6 months, 3 weeks ago

CORRECT

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Thanveer

7 months ago

App1: Storage1 and Storage3 only App2: Storage1 and Storage4 only

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prshntdxt7

1 year, 2 months ago

Please note : in the 1st image, storage2 and storage4 have premium performances. so shouldn't for APP2, the answer be storage 2 & 4 ? but i don't see that combination in answers, so does anyone know whether the given answer is correct ?

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andersonslls

1 year, 4 months ago

This anwswer in the website looks wrong to me, look below the reason I say that. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1289726/life-cycle-management-and-access-tiers "This feature is available for Blob storage (standard) accounts, GPv2 (general-purpose v2) accounts, and block blob storage accounts (premium). With lifecycle management policies, you can transition blobs between the hot, cool, and archive tiers within these supported storage accounts."

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andersonslls

1 year, 4 months ago

Lifecycle Management Policies: Lifecycle management policies allow you to define rules that automatically move or delete blobs based on their age or other criteria. This feature is available for Blob storage (standard) accounts, GPv2 (general-purpose v2) accounts, and block blob storage accounts (premium). With lifecycle management policies, you can transition blobs between the hot, cool, and archive tiers within these supported storage accounts.

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nav109

1 year, 6 months ago

Got this on Nov. 17, 2023

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alexander_panfilenok

1 year, 11 months ago

Storage1 (Standard storage v2) can have both blobs with tiers and file shares Storage2 (Premium storage v2) does not exist. When toy select premium you have to select Block blobs, File shares, or page blobs. If you select Block blobs you will find out that there are no tiers. Because premium storage should be fast. Having a Cool access tier does not have any sense here. Storage3 (Standard BlobStorage) is technically a reference to 1 of the services in Standard Storage v2 (BlobStorage), there are other services like TableService, File Service, and Queue Service. This one can have tiers for blobs as it is the same thing as Standard Storage v2. Storage4 (Premium FileStorage) is the file storage by definition. It does not have blob storage features like life cycles and tiers.

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betterthanlife

2 years, 1 month ago

Proposed answers are correct. - Only the Standard type/kind storage accounts support lifecycle management - Only the StorageV2 Standard offers "File shares" ("File shares" is not an option on a StorageV2 Premium) & of course the FileStorage type/kind.

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betterthanlife

2 years, 1 month ago

It is true, I just created a StorageV2 (general purpose v2) Premium storage account in my lab & it only provides for "Containers". That's it.

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yonie

2 years, 1 month ago

Given answer is correct: App1 can use Storage 1 and 3 App2 can use Storage 1 and 4 *But* given explanation for App2 is wrong. Also, question may be outdated, since Azure uses Kind not Type. Explanation: According to this (see below), file shares are available via *both* Premium/File Shares and Standard general purpose version 2. Since Storage 1 is Type(Kind) StorageV2 and standard Tier, then App2 can use it for a file share. Since Storage 2 doesnt exist, (there is no StorageV2 Premium) then answer is not relevant. Since Storage 3 is Type(Kind) BlobStorage, then it is not suitable (see below) Since Storage 4 is Type(Kind)File Storage and Premium Tier then App2 can use it for a file share.

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yonie

2 years, 1 month ago

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/understanding-billing#storage-units "Azure Files provides two distinct billing models: provisioned and pay-as-you-go. The provisioned model is only available for *premium* file shares, which are file shares deployed in the FileStorage storage account kind. The pay-as-you-go model is only available for standard file shares, which are file shares deployed in the *general purpose version 2* (GPv2) storage account kind."

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Cocouv

2 years, 2 months ago

It said in the comment box 2: Storage1 and storage4 only Azure File shares requires Premium accounts. Only Storage1 and storage4 are premium. But storage 1 is Standard so I think it should be Storage 4 only for Box 2.

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NK19

1 year, 10 months ago

I thought the same, but NFS is premium, Azure file share is on both: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-how-to-create-file-share?tabs=azure-portal#:~:text=What%20are%20the%20performance%20requirements%20for%20your%20Azure%20file%20share%3F%0AAzure%20Files%20offers%20standard%20file%20shares%20which%20are%20hosted%20on%20hard%20disk%2Dbased%20(HDD%2Dbased)%20hardware%2C%20and%20premium%20file%20shares%2C%20which%20are%20hosted%20on%20solid%2Dstate%20disk%2Dbased%20(SSD%2Dbased)%20hardware.

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winy

2 years, 2 months ago

This was in the exam on 04/01/2023 (mm/dd/yyyy)

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zellck

2 years, 3 months ago

1. Storage1 and storage3 only. 2. Storage1 and storage4 only. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-overview Lifecycle management policies are supported for block blobs and append blobs in general-purpose v2, premium block blob, and Blob Storage accounts. Lifecycle management doesn't affect system containers such as the $logs or $web containers.

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zellck

2 years, 3 months ago

Got this in Feb 2023 exam.

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zellck

2 years, 3 months ago

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-planning#management-concepts There are two main types of storage accounts you will use for Azure Files deployments: - General purpose version 2 (GPv2) storage accounts: GPv2 storage accounts allow you to deploy Azure file shares on standard/hard disk-based (HDD-based) hardware. In addition to storing Azure file shares, GPv2 storage accounts can store other storage resources such as blob containers, queues, or tables. - FileStorage storage accounts: FileStorage storage accounts allow you to deploy Azure file shares on premium/solid-state disk-based (SSD-based) hardware. FileStorage accounts can only be used to store Azure file shares; no other storage resources (blob containers, queues, tables, etc.) can be deployed in a FileStorage account. Only FileStorage accounts can deploy both SMB and NFS file shares.

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gugamotarj

2 years, 3 months ago

So, the right is, App1 can be use 1, 2 and 3, because all of them can have a blobo to usa lifecycle, and app2 can use storage 1,2, and 4, because we can create Azure Files Share on both!

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