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SIMULATION -
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You plan to move backup files and documents from an on-premises Windows file server to Azure Storage. The backup files will be stored as blobs.
You need to create a storage account named corpdata8548984n2. The solution must meet the following requirements:
- Ensure that the documents are accessible via drive mappings from Azure virtual machines that run Windows Server 2016
- Provide the highest possible redundancy for the documents
- Minimize storage access costs
What should you do from the Azure portal?

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Suggested Answer: See solution below.
Step 1: In the Azure portal, click All services. In the list of resources, type Storage Accounts. As you begin typing, the list filters based on your input. Select
Storage Accounts.
Step 2: On the Storage Accounts window that appears, choose Add.
Step 3: Select the subscription in which to create the storage account.
Step 4: Under the Resource group field, select Create New. Create a new Resource

Step 5: Enter a name for your storage account: corpdata8548984n2
Step 6: For Account kind select: General-purpose v2 accounts (recommended for most scenarios)
General-purpose v2 accounts is recommended for most scenarios. General-purpose v2 accounts deliver the lowest per-gigabyte capacity prices for Azure
Storage, as well as industry-competitive transaction prices.
Step 7: For replication select: Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS)
Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS) maximizes availability for your storage account. RA-GRS provides read-only access to the data in the secondary location, in addition to geo-replication across two regions.
References:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-quickstart-create-account https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview

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Ekramy_Elnaggar
Highly Voted 5 years, 6 months ago
Create Sotrage account with the following specs: 1- Drive mappings from Azure virtual machines ( So: GPV2 ) 2- Minimize storage access costs (So: Hot access tier ) 3- Provide the highest possible redundancy for the documents ( So: GRS )
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5 years, 4 months ago
-Minimize storage access costs: Hot tier has expensive storage cost and cheaper access cost whereas cold tier has expensive access cost and cheaper storage cost so I need t to choose cold tier for storage
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Russel
5 years, 2 months ago
For highest redundancy RA-GRS will be required as in GRS manual failover will be required.Where in RA-GRS automatically document will be available from secondary region if main region fail.
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codeoptimus
5 years, 2 months ago
for minimizing storage cost the best option is Cool access tier; Host access tier actually provides a high storage cost with a lower cost of accessing data
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Ahmed911
5 years, 1 month ago
a7ebak wenta betgeeb men el akher :)
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Benkyoujin
Highly Voted 5 years, 6 months ago
Should also be GRS and not RA-GRS, right. Says to minimise costs and maximise redundancy, RA-GRS doesn’t increase redundancy over GRS but is more costly.
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ShirazTech
Most Recent 4 years, 8 months ago
Here is the solution.. 1- Drive mappings from Azure virtual machines ( So: GPV2 ) 2- 2- Minimize storage access costs (So: Hot access tier ) 3- 3- Provide the highest possible redundancy for the documents ( So: RA-GZRS ) https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-storage-tiers?tabs=azure-portal https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy
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Himanshu27
4 years, 8 months ago
Shiraz I agree with your steps. but would add 2 more steps. 4. Create a File Share from the File Service Blade for documents. Since drive mapping is not possible from blob service, File service needs to be used. 5. Create a container under Blob service blade for backups.
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rs_s
4 years, 8 months ago
so is this final ? Performance = Standard Account kind = StorageV2 Replication = GA-GZRS Access Tier = Hot
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KCjoe
4 years, 10 months ago
"Azure Files does not support read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS) and read-access geo-zone-redundant storage (RA-GZRS)." So it has to be GZRS, instead of RA-GZRS https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy
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magpi
4 years, 9 months ago
Incorrect. The source you give us remarks that "GZRS and RA-GZRS support block blobs, page blobs (except for VHD disks), FILES, tables, and queues".
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smsulai
4 years, 10 months ago
It does not say minimize replication cost to choose GRS over RA-GRS hence RA-GRS is better option considering the task given. By choosing HOT tier, storage access cost is minimized. GPV2 Hot Tier RA-GRS
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ExamWynner
4 years, 11 months ago
1. GPV2+File share 2. Minimize access cost - Hot 3. Highest redundancy GRS
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X_L
4 years, 11 months ago
GZRS would actually be the highest redundancy option; and as we are actually taking about a file share (drive mapping required) access tier (cool/hot) is irelevant. A Premium File share Storage account would be the best option, as data access is free for those.
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irvingsale2011
4 years, 11 months ago
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-how-to-mount-container-linux
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4 years, 11 months ago
1. Must be usable with drive mappings - This rules out BlobStorage, as it doesn't support file shares - So only StorageV2 left 2. Highest possible redundancy for documents - This would ask for RA-GZRS. Data is still accessible - if a storage node goes down - if an availabilty zone goes down - if an azure region goes down (manual failover trigger) - RA-GZRS is not available in all locations 3. Minimize storage access costs - This rules out the cool access tier Result => Performance = Standard Account kind = StorageV2 Replication = GA-GZRS Access Tier = Hot
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epomatti
4 years, 12 months ago
Let's break it down: 1. It's a backup storage 2. Must reduce storage costs (again, backup) 3. Highest redundancy possible I vote for "Cool tier" and (as of today) "GZRS" instead of GRS because it is not on preview anymore. Using RA-GRS and RA-GZRS will NOT increase redundancy. Hot tier does NOT decrease storage costs (again, they say backup in the question, it is not meant to be a hot tier)
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kondapaturi
5 years ago
highest possible redundancy - Redundancy is same for GRS and RA-GRS , can go with GRS Cost - cool is less cost as it is for backup
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quokka
5 years ago
If you read the question again, you'll notice it said "The backup files will be stored as blobs." It did NOT say you have to store in a blob storage. It also said you need to "accessible via drive mappings from Azure virtual machines that run Windows Server 2016". That means File storage (unless you use 3rd party tool to map to blob storage). So the right answer should be: 1. Create corpdata8548984n2 storage account with: a. account kind=GPV2 b. access tier=hot (minimize ACCESS cost, not storage cost) c. replication=RA-GZRS (if primary is down, still can get from secondary) 2. Create a File shares so you can map drive to whatever VM
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MukeshKhamparia
5 years ago
Create Sotrage account with the following specs: 1- Drive mappings from Azure virtual machines ( So: GPV2 ) 2- Minimize storage access costs (So: Hot access tier ) 3- Provide the highest possible redundancy for the documents ( So: RA_GZRS )
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PatMan
5 years ago
GZRS provides the same document redundancy as RA-GZRS. RA-GZRS does add the ability to read the documents in the secondary location in case of failure. This option adds to the availability of the documents (not redundancy). Document redundancy is the same between GZRS & RA_GZRS. Since you need to keep minimize the costs, it has to be GZRS.
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HeyYou
5 years ago
Wouldn't GRS provide the highest redundancy? The only difference is the RA-GRS provides read-only access. The question doesn't say anything about access the secondary locations. So, we can simply use GRS correct?
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huyhoang8344
5 years, 1 month ago
1.GRZ-hot (v2) 2.Create fileshare
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TYT
5 years, 1 month ago
Actually, I read the question again. Create a storage account, GPV2, hot tier and select GRS. It says minimize costs so you don't have to use RA-GRS. Both performance are identical.
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TYT
5 years, 1 month ago
Why not RA-GRS?
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