|
Feature |
Storage V2 (GPv2 - Standard) |
Storage V1 (GPv1 - Legacy) |
BlobStorage (Legacy) |
BlockBlobStorage (Premium) |
FileStorage (Premium) |
PageBlobStorage (Premium) |
|
Common Name |
General Purpose v2 |
General Purpose v1 |
Blob-Only |
Block Blob Premium |
Premium File Shares |
Premium Page Blobs |
|
Current Status |
Current Standard |
Legacy |
Legacy |
Active |
Active |
Active |
|
Primary Use |
General Purpose Storage |
Legacy General Purpose Storage |
Blob Storage Only |
High Performance Block Blobs |
Premium SMB/NFS Enterprise File Shares |
High Performance Page Blobs |
|
Blob Storage |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (Block Blobs Only) |
No |
Yes (Page Blobs Only) |
|
File Shares |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Queue Storage |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Table Storage |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
SMB Support |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
NFS Support |
Yes (Azure Files NFS, ADLS Gen2 NFS) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes (NFS 4.1) |
No |
|
Hot Tier |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
N/A (Premium) |
N/A (Premium) |
N/A (Premium) |
|
Cool Tier |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
N/A (Premium) |
N/A (Premium) |
N/A (Premium) |
|
Cold Tier |
Yes |
No |
Limited / Region Dependent |
N/A (Premium) |
N/A (Premium) |
N/A (Premium) |
|
Archive Tier |
Yes (Block Blobs Only) |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
Data Lake Gen2 (HNS) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Lifecycle Management |
Yes (Tiering + Delete) |
No |
Yes (Tiering + Delete) |
Yes (Delete Only) |
Yes (Delete Only) |
Yes (Delete Only) |
|
Supported Redundancy Types |
LRS, ZRS, GRS, RA-GRS, GZRS, RA-GZRS |
LRS, GRS, RA-GRS |
LRS, ZRS, GRS, RA-GRS, GZRS, RA-GZRS |
LRS, ZRS |
LRS, ZRS |
LRS, ZRS |
|
ZRS Support |
Yes |
No |
Yes (Where Available) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Replication Convertible After Creation |
Yes (Supported Combinations Only) |
Limited |
Limited |
No |
No |
No |
|
Premium Performance |
No |
No |
No |
Yes (SSD-Backed) |
Yes (SSD-Backed) |
Yes (SSD-Backed) |
|
Recommended for New Deployments |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes (Specialized Workloads) |
Yes (Premium File Workloads) |
Yes (Specialized Page Blob Workloads) |
|
Typical Workloads |
General Azure Workloads, Data Lake, Analytics, Backup, Archival, Web Apps, Dev/Test |
Legacy Applications |
Legacy Blob-only Workloads |
Analytics, Media, HPC, High IOPS Applications |
FSLogix, Enterprise File Shares, SMB, NFS, Lift-and-Shift Applications |
Premium Page Blob Workloads, Legacy Unmanaged Disks, High IOPS Workloads |
|
Billing Model |
Consumption-Based |
Consumption-Based |
Consumption-Based |
Provisioned Capacity |
Provisioned Capacity |
Provisioned Capacity |
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