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On Azure, is it possible to precisely choose the size of a storage group ?

NicolasD 1 Reputation point
2022-12-06T09:47:34.747+00:00

Hi there,
On the Azure portal, to create and configure a storage account: Is it possible to precisely choose the size of a storage group ? By default, you can only choose 5 Terabyte (or 100 Terabyte) at least.
Is it possible to configure a size of 2 GB for example?
What we are wondering about is the billing for this storage, is the 5 TB billed entirely or just the space used by the data?

Below: the current configuration of one of our storage accounts :

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  1. Sam Cogan 10,812 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Volunteer Moderator
    2022-12-06T11:13:41.893+00:00

    The setting you are pointing to is the setting for the size of Azure files, not the whole storage account. Azure Files allows configuring for normal or large file shares, which is the difference between 5TB and 100TB, these are the only options, you cannot set anything inbetween, and this only applies to Azure Files, not Blobs or Tables.

    Within Azure Files, you create File shares, and these can be created at whatever size you wish. Again this is for Azure Files only. Blob storage does not allow you to set limits.

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