Which storage account or storage accounts can you use Lifecycle management?

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Which storage account or storage accounts can you use Lifecycle management?

Answer 1

@Musa M. Bojang

Supported storage accounts are listed here. Currently, Lifecycle management policies are supported for block blobs and append blobs in general-purpose v2, premium block blob, and Blob Storage accounts.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any follow up questions.

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Answer 2

-Azure storage offers different access tiers, allowing you to store blob object data in the most cost-effective manner.

• Tiers are a way to organize your data based on how frequently it will be accessed and how long it will be retained, with the end goal of optimising cost.

NOTES:

-Hot/Cool/Archive tiering applies to 'blobs,’ not files/queues/tables (other performance options exist for these)

-Further, Setting the access tier is only allowed on Block Blobs. They are not supported for Append and Page Blobs.

-Blobs in GPV2 storage account can be set to Hot/Cool/Archive.

Premium Block Blob storage account - 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.

NOTE:"Blob Storage" Account type is legacy, this also supports tiering.