Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
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Storage Energy Usage: HDD vs Tables vs Inter-Region
Hi All, After rummaging through as much Azure documentation & online forums, I come to you, Community! I'm trying to understand how HDD, SSD, Table & Inter-Region storage compares in terms of energy usage. I gathered SSD & HDD's average…
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How do you create an Azure VM with an Ultra Disk
I'm trying to create an Azure VM (specifically a D8s_v3) with an "ultra disk" as the system disk. It's one of the choices in the dropdown for system disk, and my configuration passes the final validation check, but when I press…
asked 2021-06-07T01:23:32.317+00:00
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Graeme Williams
1
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answered 2021-06-07T05:33:42.683+00:00
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shiva patpi
13,171
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
3 answers
Azure Student Subscription
Can I create NV6 Windows Pro Machine in Azure under my student account? Is it free for students and if so, how many hours per month?
asked 2021-05-29T00:57:06.687+00:00
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arie
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answered 2021-06-01T14:11:00.85+00:00
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Anonymous
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P50 disk and host cache
Azure docs obscurely state that host cache is not supported on premium disk 4 TiB or larger. Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/premium-storage-performance#disk-caching &…
asked 2021-05-20T18:49:19.767+00:00
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LHocker
21
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commented 2021-05-31T13:33:43.423+00:00
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Pranathi Panyam_MSFT
1,026
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
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How to convert azure secret value to bitlocker key for disk.
Hi, I have a data disk of my windows VM with ADE encryption, which I'm looking to attach to a new VM when I try to open the disk it's asking for a BitLocker password which I'm not able to convert, I have the secret value, looking forward to a possible…
asked 2021-04-15T19:16:36.907+00:00
RSaw-Knack
41
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accepted 2021-05-27T17:43:54.02+00:00
RSaw-Knack
41
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what is the best secure storage for my private data
Dear all, As a personnal use, I am looking at the best secure solution to store my private data. This is for personnal use and looking for cheap secure cloud solution VS buying a local NAS My concern is : Store my different private home data, like…
asked 2021-05-25T09:37:03.27+00:00
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sergecal
26
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answered 2021-05-25T13:32:40.017+00:00
Andriy Bilous
11,176
Reputation points MVP
1 answer
Problem tring to expand a disc In linux
Hi I increased my disc space by the portal in Azure, but I'm not been able to use the extra storage, I tried the allocate tutorials found in the documentation, but it not working to me. df -Th returns this Filesystem Type Size Used Avail…
asked 2021-05-21T08:14:19.1+00:00
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Fábio Leal Viana Bones
1
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answered 2021-05-21T20:13:32.79+00:00
deherman-MSFT
35,556
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Looking for the best storage alternative
Hello everyone, I have been looking into all the different options that there are on Azure for file storage, have read/listened to hours of documentation, but am still not sure where to go next. I appologize if this is a long story, but I really hope…
asked 2021-05-20T17:15:10.87+00:00
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EelcovD
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answered 2021-05-21T11:26:49.683+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
45,406
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
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Is Disk usage billed in hours used or monthly?
Hello! I am a new user to Azure and I was wondering, how disk usage billing works. Does it get billed hourly usage of VM or is it billed on a monthly basis? For example lets say, I have a win 10 VM with a P10 disk. I have used the VM for an hour. Will i…
asked 2021-05-19T09:36:50.377+00:00
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Arav Jivani
126
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commented 2021-05-19T10:32:53.623+00:00
SUNOJ KUMAR YELURU
14,016
Reputation points MVP
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unable to extend virtual disk in storage pool
I have Windows server 2019 Datacenter running in azure with two data disk each of 32gb and we had storage pool configured in each of the disk, recently we increased the data disk size in azure portal from 32gb to 40gb and now i m unable to extend volume…
asked 2021-05-13T09:10:49.437+00:00
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HariKIran
1
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answered 2021-05-13T21:59:32.533+00:00
deherman-MSFT
35,556
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Azure managed disks are getting deleted when the AKS instance is deleted
Hi my azure managed disks are getting deleted when I delete my AKS instance because these azure disks are getting created under node resource group of the AKS instance. When I delete my aks instance the node resource group is deleted and all resources…
asked 2021-05-06T14:13:16.227+00:00
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Shreyas Arani
266
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answered 2021-05-07T11:22:07.35+00:00
prmanhas-MSFT
17,901
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
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Why can't I delete this Virtual Disk Partition ?
Hello there, I was trying to make a bootable pendrive using RUFUS for my older laptop, but It ended up creating a virtual disk partition. I followed steps showed in google but it doesn't let me delete it. I've tried using disk management and also tried…
asked 2021-05-04T09:57:33.417+00:00
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Ayush Drums
21
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accepted 2021-05-05T09:12:47.94+00:00
Ayush Drums
21
Reputation points
3 answers
Are managed disk supported for only certain VM sizes?
Are managed disks available for only certain VM sizes, or do all VM Sizes support managed disks?
asked 2021-04-27T21:26:40.907+00:00
Preston K. Parsard
1
Reputation point Microsoft Employee
commented 2021-05-04T16:55:28.657+00:00
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Andrews, James Harmon TEKsystems
1
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1 answer
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Can an Azure VM data disk (Premium SSD) be backed up hourly?
Our Azure VM has a premium SSD data disk. Following testing, this drive will have around 100 files per hour added to a file library that resides on it. Native daily backups in Azure aren't really going to be sufficient as I can only see Backup…
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How to change a VM's disk to a smaller, lower-cost disk? Como alterar o disco de uma VM para um outro disco menor e com menor custo?
Como alterar o disco de uma VM para um outro disco menor e com menor custo? Quero trocar um P10 por um S6, mas sem perder os dados. Obrigado. How to change a VM's disk to a smaller, lower-cost disk? I want to exchange a P10 for an S6, but without…
asked 2021-04-19T01:06:17.823+00:00
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GABRIEL COSTA AMARAL
21
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commented 2021-04-27T13:54:36.897+00:00
GABRIEL COSTA AMARAL
21
Reputation points
1 answer
Restore AKS Disks/persistent volumes in another availability zone
I am working for Backup and restore of Azure kubernetes services Disks (persistent volumes) for DR scenario. The thing is I am able to Backup AKS PVs and restore them in same availability zone by using Velero. but considering the DR scenario - if one…
asked 2021-04-26T08:07:20.78+00:00
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Pranitha Jupalli
1
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answered 2021-04-26T14:58:08.433+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
45,406
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
0 answers
How to upgrade the Storage for ASR?
So i've provisioned standard HDDs for the ASR storage and it turns out the churn is just over the ASR supported limits for that storage plan (just over 2Mb/sec) The error in the portal says: Learn how to upgrade https://aka.ms/upgrade-to-premium …
asked 2021-04-26T07:28:30.287+00:00
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Simon Morris
26
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commented 2021-04-26T09:30:15.46+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
41,296
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
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Can Azure automatically automatic allocate new disks for VM?
Hey everyone, I have some questions about creating VM and disks in Azure, I got some recommendation from Azure CloudFit that recommended me to delete empty and unused disks for me and other teams owned, but I have some concerns: Can Azure…
asked 2021-04-22T03:27:16.58+00:00
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Diqing Wu
41
Reputation points
commented 2021-04-23T13:00:03.417+00:00
Olga Os - MSFT
5,916
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
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RHEL disk size
Hello all, I have created 2 Linux instances in Azure. one instance is Ubuntu, and the other is RHEL. Both have the same disk size (e.g. 64 GB). Now with Ubuntu I can see the free space is shown under / /dev/sdb1 62G 2.5G 60G 4% / which…
asked 2021-04-15T07:51:26.763+00:00
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Amit Vengsarkar
41
Reputation points
accepted 2021-04-16T04:26:52.963+00:00
Amit Vengsarkar
41
Reputation points
1 answer
Publishing Azure file sahre as UNC path to multiple remote computers without VPN?
Folks, What is the equivalent of the SHared network folder (UNC Patch) that is accessible using Windows Explorer \IPaddress\folder1 ? I'm planning to move an old 3rd party application that was using Visual Basic and Visual C++ accessed by multiple…
asked 2021-04-12T13:23:23.637+00:00
EnterpriseArchitect
5,136
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commented 2021-04-15T01:02:39.97+00:00
EnterpriseArchitect
5,136
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