Master best practices for success with all aspects of Azure cloud storage

For cloud environments to operate and scale as they should, their storage components must be designed and configured well. Now, there's a complete, best-practice guide to designing, deploying, and managing Azure storage services for maximum performance, scalability, and value. Leading cloud consultant Avinash Valiramani shows how to make the most of Azure storage tools and services to reduce downtime, avoid unnecessary costs, simplify management, and maintain excellent performance no matter how large you scale. You'll fi nd detailed, expert coverage of Azure blob, fi le, queue storage, managed disks, Data Share, Data Box, and more. Whatever your role in delivering efficient, reliable cloud services, this deep dive will help you make the most of your Azure investment.

Leading Azure consultant Avinash Valiramani shows how to:

• Use Blob Storage to store and access large volumes of unstructured data in the cloud, including application data, streaming content, logs, backups, and archival data


• Replace traditional on-premise file servers with Azure Files to provide scalable shared fi le storage services over SMB and NFS


• Implement Managed Disks to provide scalable, secure, and redundant disks for virtual machines in Azure


• Promote scalability and resilience in large distributed applications with Azure Queue Storage


• Import/export large data volumes across Azure storage services with Azure Data Box


• Establish secure, automated, and manageable global data sharing with Azure Data Share

About This Book

• For all IT, cloud, infrastructure, storage, and virtualization administrators or architects at all levels of Azure experience


• Especially useful to IT pros in mid- to large-sized organizations who have deployed, operated, monitored, upgraded, migrated, or designed cloud services

Also look for these Definitive Guides to Azure success:

• Microsoft Azure Compute: The Definitive Guide


• Microsoft Azure Networking: The Definitive Guide


• Microsoft Azure Monitoring and Management: The Definitive Guide