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Exam AZ-103 Question 49Exam AZ-103 Question 49

You plan to migrate a large amount of corporate data to Azure Storage and to back up files stored on old hardware to Azure Storage.

You need to create a storage account named corpdata9172795n1 in the corpdatalod9172795 resource group. The solution must meet the following requirements:

✑ Corpdata9172795n1 must be able to host the virtual disk files for Azure virtual machines.

✑ The cost of accessing the files must be minimized.

✑ Replication costs must be minimized.

What should you do from the Azure portal?

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See solution below.

Step 1: In the Azure portal, click All services. In the list of resources, type Storage Accounts. As you begin typing, the list filters based on your input. Select

Storage Accounts.

Step 2: On the Storage Accounts window that appears, choose Add.

Step 3: Select the subscription in which to create the storage account.

Step 4: Under the Resource group field, select corpdatalod9172795.

Exam AZ-103 Question 49

Step 5: Enter a name for your storage account: corpdata9172795n1

Step 6: For Account kind select: General-purpose v2 accounts (recommended for most scenarios)

General-purpose v2 accounts is recommended for most scenarios. . General-purpose v2 accounts deliver the lowest per-gigabyte capacity prices for Azure

Storage, as well as industry-competitive transaction prices.

Step 7: For replication select: Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS)

Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS) maximizes availability for your storage account. RA-GRS provides read-only access to the data in the secondary location, in addition to geo-replication across two regions.

References:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-quickstart-create-account https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview

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anujmehta7
Mar 11, 2020

The cost of accessing the files must be minimized --- Hot Replication costs must be minimized - LRS

cucuff
Jun 7, 2020

I agree. Storage v2 for low price LRS for lower price and because we are not being ask to provide a solution in case a region goes down.

emon
Mar 12, 2020

Data storage prices for Standard Page Blobs LRS $0.045 per GB GRS $0.06 per GB RA-GRS $0.075 per GB

basak
May 19, 2020

Performance: Standard Account kind: StorageV2 Access tier: Hot Replication: LRS

PoojaSingh
Jun 28, 2020

Performance should be Premium since Premium is used for disks of VMs (Page Blobs).

praveen97
Jul 4, 2020

✑ Corpdata9172795n1 must be able to host the virtual disk files for Azure virtual machines. - Performance: Standard, Account kind: StandardV2 [Containers (Blob Storage - Page blob)] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview#general-purpose-storage-accounts ✑ The cost of accessing the files must be minimized. - Access Tier: Hot ✑ Replication costs must be minimized. - Replication: LRS

arcanjo
Mar 10, 2020

In this case you can use GRS as replication, is less expensive than RAGRS.

wideawake
Jul 10, 2020

replication cost must be minimized. so answer is lrs

RonS
Apr 2, 2020

This answer might be the worst one I have seen yet. For starters Performance isn't even mentioned and it should be HDD and Replication LRS!

noahorr
Apr 24, 2020

Account kind: "StorageV2" Access tier: "Hot" Replication: "Locally redundant storage" Performance: "Premium" https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview?toc=%2fazure%2fstorage%2fblobs%2ftoc.json

[Removed]
Apr 25, 2020

Why premium instead of the cheaper Standard + HDD combination?

noahorr
May 11, 2020

Apologies - performance should be Standard to minimize costs.

Cloudyuga
May 16, 2020

But performance Standard dont support Virtual Machines disks. Please find below recommendations from Microsoft. Premium storage accounts are backed by solid state drives and offer consistent, low-latency performance. They can only be used with Azure virtual machine disks, and are best for I/O-intensive applications, like databases. Additionally, virtual machines that use Premium storage for all disks qualify for a 99.9% SLA, even when running outside of an availability set.

muratbavas
Jul 26, 2020

May I ask you a question about the Iaas Disk selection section about the below link? This link referee to an Azure VM use premium, standard and Standart HDD ? and we're looking for the minimum cost solution, and why we cannot chose "Standart SSD" where is the point I'm missing. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-types#:~:text=a%20billing%20impact.-,Standard%20HDD,compared%20to%20SSD%2Dbased%20disks.

Cloudyuga
May 16, 2020

Sorry your right performance should be Standard to minimize costs performance Premium storage required for SSD vms

muratbavas
Jul 26, 2020

May I ask you a question about the Iaas Disk selection section about the below link? This link referee to an Azure VM use premium, standard and Standart HDD ? and we're looking for the minimum cost solution, and why we cannot chose "Standart SSD" where is the point I'm missing. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-types#:~:text=a%20billing%20impact.-,Standard%20HDD,compared%20to%20SSD%2Dbased%20disks.

Cloudyuga
May 16, 2020

But performance Standard dont support Virtual Machines disks. Please find below recommendations from Microsoft. Premium storage accounts are backed by solid state drives and offer consistent, low-latency performance. They can only be used with Azure virtual machine disks, and are best for I/O-intensive applications, like databases. Additionally, virtual machines that use Premium storage for all disks qualify for a 99.9% SLA, even when running outside of an availability set.

muratbavas
Jul 26, 2020

May I ask you a question about the Iaas Disk selection section about the below link? This link referee to an Azure VM use premium, standard and Standart HDD ? and we're looking for the minimum cost solution, and why we cannot chose "Standart SSD" where is the point I'm missing. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-types#:~:text=a%20billing%20impact.-,Standard%20HDD,compared%20to%20SSD%2Dbased%20disks.

Cloudyuga
May 16, 2020

Sorry your right performance should be Standard to minimize costs performance Premium storage required for SSD vms

muratbavas
Jul 26, 2020

May I ask you a question about the Iaas Disk selection section about the below link? This link referee to an Azure VM use premium, standard and Standart HDD ? and we're looking for the minimum cost solution, and why we cannot chose "Standart SSD" where is the point I'm missing. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-types#:~:text=a%20billing%20impact.-,Standard%20HDD,compared%20to%20SSD%2Dbased%20disks.

noahorr
May 11, 2020

Apologies - performance should be Standard to minimize costs.

Cloudyuga
May 16, 2020

But performance Standard dont support Virtual Machines disks. Please find below recommendations from Microsoft. Premium storage accounts are backed by solid state drives and offer consistent, low-latency performance. They can only be used with Azure virtual machine disks, and are best for I/O-intensive applications, like databases. Additionally, virtual machines that use Premium storage for all disks qualify for a 99.9% SLA, even when running outside of an availability set.

muratbavas
Jul 26, 2020

May I ask you a question about the Iaas Disk selection section about the below link? This link referee to an Azure VM use premium, standard and Standart HDD ? and we're looking for the minimum cost solution, and why we cannot chose "Standart SSD" where is the point I'm missing. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-types#:~:text=a%20billing%20impact.-,Standard%20HDD,compared%20to%20SSD%2Dbased%20disks.

Cloudyuga
May 16, 2020

Sorry your right performance should be Standard to minimize costs performance Premium storage required for SSD vms

muratbavas
Jul 26, 2020

May I ask you a question about the Iaas Disk selection section about the below link? This link referee to an Azure VM use premium, standard and Standart HDD ? and we're looking for the minimum cost solution, and why we cannot chose "Standart SSD" where is the point I'm missing. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-types#:~:text=a%20billing%20impact.-,Standard%20HDD,compared%20to%20SSD%2Dbased%20disks.

Cloudyuga
May 16, 2020

But performance Standard dont support Virtual Machines disks. Please find below recommendations from Microsoft. Premium storage accounts are backed by solid state drives and offer consistent, low-latency performance. They can only be used with Azure virtual machine disks, and are best for I/O-intensive applications, like databases. Additionally, virtual machines that use Premium storage for all disks qualify for a 99.9% SLA, even when running outside of an availability set.

muratbavas
Jul 26, 2020

May I ask you a question about the Iaas Disk selection section about the below link? This link referee to an Azure VM use premium, standard and Standart HDD ? and we're looking for the minimum cost solution, and why we cannot chose "Standart SSD" where is the point I'm missing. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-types#:~:text=a%20billing%20impact.-,Standard%20HDD,compared%20to%20SSD%2Dbased%20disks.

Cloudyuga
May 16, 2020

Sorry your right performance should be Standard to minimize costs performance Premium storage required for SSD vms

muratbavas
Jul 26, 2020

May I ask you a question about the Iaas Disk selection section about the below link? This link referee to an Azure VM use premium, standard and Standart HDD ? and we're looking for the minimum cost solution, and why we cannot chose "Standart SSD" where is the point I'm missing. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-types#:~:text=a%20billing%20impact.-,Standard%20HDD,compared%20to%20SSD%2Dbased%20disks.

Bruce
Mar 23, 2020

Bizarre wording in the question. :)

tmpuser22
Sep 11, 2020

i'd go with GRS instead of RAGRS too since replication costs minimized means you need a replication not just LRS ?

Cloudyuga
May 16, 2020

Premium StorageV2 Hot Locally redundant storage

Cloudyuga
May 16, 2020

corrected answer Standard StorageV2 Hot Locally redundant storage

TinyTrexArmz
Aug 6, 2020

A STANDARD performance tier for storing blobs, files, tables, queues, and Azure virtual machine disks. - Ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview#general-purpose-storage-accounts

jonnybugaloo
May 29, 2020

I agree with LRS The statement is cheap cost for replication, and LRS provides it: Locally redundant storage (LRS): A simple, low-cost redundancy strategy. Data is copied synchronously three times within the primary region.

Luiza
Jun 3, 2020

The cost of accessing the files must be minimized: Account kind: StorageV2 Access tier: Hot Replication costs must be minimized: Replication: LRS

Sitender
Jun 7, 2020

LRS is cheapest 0.045$ per GB

_syamantak
Jul 21, 2020

Rplication tyoe should be LRS, the cheapest one. there wasn't any specific requirement to implement GRS

zeal0
Sep 3, 2020

Because you're using this for VM disks, and you want to reduce access costs, but not storage cost, I believe you would use premium StorageV2. This forces LRS (which is fine given our requirements) and only supports page blobs (again, that's fine...). It has the lowest access cost (read operations) by a wide margin: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/storage/blobs/

Mehabooba
Feb 3, 2022

y are we not using general purpose v1