Azure Storage browser shows incorrect container count and size.

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In Azure storage account, we have a new option Storage browser(Preview) , which shows total count of containers and overall size . It shows number of containers as 5 , but when i see , i can only see 4 containers. i dont know where is the 5th container, which is expected to be very heavy ?

Also i calculated size of each container and found that overall total added size of all containers does not exceed around 300 GB, but storage browser shows 1.2TiB ( which i think is 1.2 TeraBytes)

Sumarigo-MSFT 46,126 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-03-31T13:34:19.737+00:00

@MS Techie I was able to repro the issue, I didn't find any issue Can you please across verify again and let me know the status

For general information, some resources are hidden and not included in the normal listing requests. These are usually containers or tables maintained by the platform, such as for logging purposes.

Also, TiB is a tebibyte, which is similar to but not equivalent to a terabyte. More specifically, 1 TB = 10004 B, whereas 1 TiB = 10244 B (source: Binary prefix - Wikipedia).strong text

Make sure to include any snapshots, versions and soft deleted blobs/versions in your calculation. there might be hidden system containers counted by the metrics API.

Can you please across verify again and let me know the status
Eric Vogelpohl 10 Reputation points

2023-03-26T17:19:01+00:00

Same issue. Basically, the entire "blob capacity used" metric is wrong for most of my storage accounts. When I use the ""Storage Browser" feature in the left-nav, noting the account metrics overview - it's simply wrong and it has been for weeks. Same with the "METRICS" feature.

The "INSIGHTS" tab reports I have 8 containers. I've never had more than 5. There none in a 'deleted' state either.

Insights & Metrics report I've had the same amount of "Blob Capacity, Avg" for the past week, when in fact many TBs have been written over that time.

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Manu Philip 18,486 Reputation points MVP

2022-03-29T16:16:42.503+00:00

As the feature is in preview, there can be certain issues involved till the feature comes out. I suggest you to verify this using Azure Storage explorer desktop application: https://www.storageexplorer.com/
Connect your subscription and check how you see the Blob Containers within Storage Explorer

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Eric Vogelpohl 10 Reputation points

2023-03-28T12:49:41.8633333+00:00

@Manu Philip - Can you clarify or update the comment on 'preview'? Been a year now. Should we expect the Capacity Used metrics to be correct in the [metrics] UI for the storage account?

I've made a similar post here. Perhaps you can comment. Thanks
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1193493/blob-storage-capacity-metrics-are-wrong
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