9 Optimizing Storage
This chapter covers
- Creating a free static website hosted in your storage account.
- Managing data inside the storage using azcopy
- Sharing access to data securely and with limitations
- Using lifecycle management to save costs and optimize data use
Let me start this chapter by saying this: no, you aren’t going mad, this really is another chapter on storage. While chapter 5 provided the fundamentals of storage on Azure by delving into the storage accounts and the types of data you can store there, we only scratched the surface of what you can do, and what you should do. To use storage on Azure efficiently we need to understand it better than only having the foundations, which are indeed important, but not enough. It is like learning to ride a bike and never taking the training wheels off. Yes, you can get along and eventually you will get there, but it is slow and much harder to go around the obstacles efficiently.
In this chapter we dive into ways that you can save on cost, securely share access to your data, keep track of data versions, manage data life cycles and much more. These are all important parts of Azure storage usage and maintenance. Join me as we visit the weird world of banned technical literature again.