what kind of Azure storage account needs to be created to store 40 TB of data or more

Question

what kind of Azure storage account needs to be created to store 40 TB of data or more

By default size is 5 TB i assume

Answer 1

Standard Storage Account should be fine:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/scalability-targets-standard-account

https://github.com/uglide/azure-content/blob/master/includes/azure-storage-limits.md

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Answer 2

Hi @MyAzQuery

Thank you for asking this question on the **Microsoft Q&A Platform. **

This information may help you,

For a Blob Container:

* Default maximum storage account capacity 5 PiB
* Maximum size of single blob container Same as maximum storage account capacity
* Maximum size of a block in a block blob 4000 MiB
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits#storage-limits

For a file share:

In local and zone redundant storage accounts, Azure file shares can span up to 100 TiB. However, in geo- and geo-zone redundant storage accounts, Azure file shares can span only up to 5 TiB.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-how-to-create-file-share?tabs=azure-portal

Hope this helps!

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