Blob - Flat name space

Question

Hi,

Just curious to know about the difference b/w Blob And ADLS. The main difference I came to know is blob is flat name space whereas ADLS is hierarchal Namespace. What are those actually and how it works. Can anyone please explain

Thanks

Answer 1

@Murugeswari Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A. Please refer to the following documents that help you with the differences between Blob and ADLS:

• Comparing Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1 and Azure Blob Storage
• Difference between Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)
• Azure Data Engineering: Azure Blob Storage vs. Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2

Hope this helps. Please let us know if you have any further questions and we will be glad to assist you further. Thank you!

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