Storage account Archive tier

Question

so which when the files in archive tier, stay over 180Days, and it will charge ???

For example, A file is saved to archive tier , and removed after 200days, it will charge 20days storage fee ?

Answer 1

@sakuraime Yes, there will be charges! After 180 days if you need to read the data. The blob within the container would have to be set from archive to hot or cool right If the blobs are “moved out” from Archive tier (SetBlobTier operation) instead of “copied” to Hot/Cool (Copy Blob operation) before 180 days of the blob being archived, they will incur in Early deletion fees (equal to the prorated 180 days of storage on Archive).

Blobs in the archive tier should be stored for a minimum of 180 days. Deleting or rehydrating archived blobs before 180 days will incur early deletion fees. There will be charges based on the region where data is stored, You may refer to the Azure storage Pricing

When changing tier from Archive to either hot or cool tier you will be charged for read operations (per 10k) and for data retrieval (per GB). Ex: If the customer has 300k objects, and for the purpose of this discussion let’s say the total size is 100 GB. When rehydrating these 300k objects in US East 2 as an example the customer will be charged $150 for read operations and another $2 for data retrieval:

If the data is deleted before that you will be charged for the deletion. The archive tires explained more here. IThis article will also explain about the Rehydration & policies and the data from archive storage.

A blob cannot be read directly from the Archive tier. To read a blob in the Archive tier, a user must first change the tier to Hot or Cool. For example, to retrieve and read a single 1,000-GB archived blob that has been in the Archive tier for 90 days, the following charges would apply:

Data retrieval (per GB) from the Archive tier: $0.02/GB-month x 1,000 GB = $20

Rehydrate operation (SetBlobTier Archive to Hot): $5/10k = $0.0005

Early deletion charge: (180 - 90 days)/30 days x $0.001/GB-month x 1,000 = $2.97

Read blob operation from Hot = $0.004/10k = $0.0000004

Total = $20 + $0.0005 + $2.97 + $0.0000004 = $23

In addition to the per-GB, per-month charge, any blob that is moved to the Archive tier is subject to an Archive early deletion period of 180 days. Additionally, for general-purpose v2 storage accounts, any blob that is moved to the Cool tier is subject to a Cool tier early deletion period of 30 days. This charge is prorated. For example, if a blob is moved to the Archive tier and then deleted or moved to the Hot tier after 45 days, the customer is charged an early deletion fee for 135 (180 minus 45) days of storage in the Archive tier.
For more information on pricing see here

There is also a similar thread discussion in SO forum

Hope this helps!

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