You have an on-premises storage solution. You need to migrate the solution to Azure. The solution must support Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). What should you use?

The correct answer is A. Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2. Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2: This is a fully managed, cloud-native data lake that supports the HDFS protocol. It allows you to store and analyze large amounts of data in its native format, without the need to move or transform the data.

Submitted by dimitri_ru· Mar 6, 2026Design data storage solutions

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You have an on-premises storage solution. You need to migrate the solution to Azure. The solution must support Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). What should you use?

Options

AAzure Data Lake Storage Gen2
BAzure NetApp Files
CAzure Data Share
DAzure Table storage

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A
90% (19)
C
5% (1)
D
5% (1)

Explanation

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2: This is a fully managed, cloud-native data lake that supports the HDFS protocol. It allows you to store and analyze large amounts of data in its native format, without the need to move or transform the data.

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