Hotspot Question You have an on-premises file server that stores 2 TB of data files. You plan to move the data files to Azure Blob Storage In the West Europe Azure region. You need to recommend a…

Azure Storage Account - Hotspot Answer Correct Answers 1. Storage Account Type: Standard general-purpose v2 2. Redundancy: Zone-redundant storage (ZRS) --- Dropdown 1: Storage Account Type Correct: Standard general-purpose v2 GPv2 is the recommended account type for Blob…

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Hotspot Question You have an on-premises file server that stores 2 TB of data files. You plan to move the data files to Azure Blob Storage In the West Europe Azure region. You need to recommend a storage account type to store the data files and a replication solution for the storage account. The solution must meet the following requirements: - Be available if a single Azure datacenter fails. - Support storage tiers. - Minimize cost. What should you recommend? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point. Answer:

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Answer Area

Storage Account type:
Premium block blobsStandard general-purpose v1Standard general-purpose v2
Redundancy:
Geo-redundant storage (GRS)Zone-redundant storage (ZRS)Locally-redundant storage (LRS)Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS)

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Azure Storage Account - Hotspot Answer

Correct Answers

Storage Account Type: Standard general-purpose v2
Redundancy: Zone-redundant storage (ZRS)

Dropdown 1: Storage Account Type

Correct: Standard general-purpose v2

GPv2 is the recommended account type for Blob Storage because it:

Supports all storage tiers: Hot, Cool, and Archive - directly satisfying the "support storage tiers" requirement
Uses HDD-based (standard) storage, keeping costs low
Supports all modern Azure Storage features (Blob, Files, Queues, Tables)

Why the others are wrong:

Option	Why Wrong
Premium block blobs	Uses SSD storage - significantly higher cost. Does not support storage tiers (Hot/Cool/Archive). Eliminates two requirements.
Standard general-purpose v1	Legacy account type. Does not support storage tiers. Fewer features, no lifecycle management.

Key concept: Storage tiers (Hot/Cool/Archive) are only supported on GPv2 and Blob storage account types among the standard tier offerings.

Dropdown 2: Redundancy

Correct: Zone-redundant storage (ZRS)

ZRS replicates data synchronously across 3 availability zones within the same Azure region (West Europe). Each availability zone is a physically separate datacenter. Therefore:

If one datacenter fails, data remains accessible from the other two zones - satisfying the availability requirement
It stays within one region, making it cheaper than geo-redundant options

Why the others are wrong:

Option	Why Wrong
LRS	Replicates 3 copies within a single datacenter only. A datacenter failure = potential outage. Fails the availability requirement.
GRS	Replicates to a secondary region asynchronously. Survives datacenter failure, but costs ~2Ã- ZRS. Fails the minimize cost requirement.
RA-GRS	Same as GRS + read access to secondary region. Most expensive option. Overkill for this scenario.

Key concept: The phrase "single datacenter fails" maps directly to availability zone failure, which ZRS is specifically designed to handle - within one region, at the lowest redundancy cost that meets this bar.

Summary

Requirement	Solution
Survive single datacenter failure	ZRS (3 zones)
Support storage tiers	Standard GPv2
Minimize cost	ZRS over GRS/RA-GRS; Standard over Premium

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#Azure Storage Accounts#Blob Storage#Storage Redundancy#Cost Optimization

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