Suggestion on Azure Storage

Question

Hi,

We use Azure cloud and we are planning to run Prometheus/Thanos applications in kubernetes. The application needs to store large amount of data everyday somewhere in cloud and we don't want to scale the storage manually based on the data size. Also I want to upload data to that storage account using pod identity, so that I can avoid using credentials in the application.

Basically I am looking for a solution like S3 in AWS. What is the best way to do this in Azure? Is there any storage mechanism available in Azure which can automatically scale the storage size without any manual intervention?

Thanks,

Answer 1

@Mohan, Anoop Azure blob storage is similar to S3 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blobs-introduction
Please review the documentation

Answer 2

@Mohan, Anoop Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forum, Thank you for posting your query here!

Adding more information to the above response! Azure Blob Storage is the best option for your scenario.

Scalability and performance targets for Blob storage

Please refer to the complete details of Azure Storage limits

Note: Blob is also the lowest cost compared to other option, Lear more here on Blob pricing

Up to 10x increase to Blob storage account scalability

You can also read through the page here which gives many examples and difference of Azure Storage Services . I also recommend this Learn module which covers the difference in data types and solutions.

Please let us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further.

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Answer 3

Thanks @Sumarigo-MSFT for the details. Will check it.