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You have an Azure Storage account that contains two 1-GB data files named File1 and File2. The data files are set to use the archive access tier.
You need to ensure that File1 is accessible immediately when a retrieval request is initiated.
Solution: For File1, you set Access tier to Cool.
Does this meet the goal?
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A. B.B
Instead use the hot access tier.
The hot access tier has higher storage costs than cool and archive tiers, but the lowest access costs. Example usage scenarios for the hot access tier include:
-> Data that's in active use or expected to be accessed (read from and written to) frequently.
-> Data that's staged for processing and eventual migration to the cool access tier.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-storage-tiersNo, setting the access tier of File1 to Cool does not meet the goal of ensuring that it is accessible immediately when a retrieval request is initiated.
When an object in Azure Storage is set to use the Cool access tier, it means that it is optimized for infrequent access and has a lower cost than the Hot access tier. However, there is a tradeoff between cost and access time: Cool storage has a longer access time (in the order of hours) than Hot storage, which is optimized for frequent access and has a higher cost.
In this scenario, the goal is to ensure that File1 is accessible immediately when a retrieval request is initiated, which means that it needs to be stored in the Hot access tier. The archive access tier, which is currently being used for both File1 and File2, is optimized for long-term retention of rarely accessed data and has the longest access time (in the order of hours or even days). Therefore, changing the access tier of File1 to Cool would not meet the goal of immediate accessibility.
To ensure that File1 is accessible immediately when a retrieval request is initiated, you need to change its access tier to Hot. This can be done through the Azure Portal, Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, or programmatically using Azure Storage SDKs.