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Introduction to Azure Blob Storage :

Azure blob storage is a feature provided by Microsoft’s object storage system to store unstructured data in Microsoft’s cloud platform. This information from mass capacity clients can use to construct and convey applications. Unstructured information is information with no predefined model or construction.  

Working on Azure Blob Storage :

When using Azure Blob Storage to store data, one must know how Blob Storage works and organize the data so that the user can use the necessary storage resources provided by Blob to create the app.

1. The Storage Account 

Users who use Microsoft Azure services are given a unique namespace in Azure for your data. Whenever a user stores some data in Akashi Storage, that data contains some address that contains the name of your unique account. The base address of the object in the storage account is the combination of the account name and the Azure storage blob endpoint. A single storage account is enough to organize Blob Data

.2. Containers

Each blob storage account assigns the container to organize groups of blobs as a directory in the file system. A single storage account can hold an unlimited number of containers. Users must follow a set of rules in addition to general rules such as length limitations and character constraints when creating container names. The container name used should be a valid DNS name.

 3. Blobs

Blobs are commonly used as a personal file system in Azure. Each container stores data in the form of a blob.  

There are three types of blobs to store data:

Block Blobs:These blobs are composed of blocks of different sizes. It uploads data to block and commits parallel to a blob.

Append Blobs: This is a specialized block blob that is only used to connect new data efficiently. Used primarily for writing logged or streamed data.

Page Blobs: These blobs are used by virtual machines to store virtual hard disk (VHD) files. It is designed to add random-access read and write functionality.

How to create Azure Blob Storage :

Here we will learn how to create Azure Blob Storage on Azure Portal Users need access to Azure Portal before starting to create Blob Storage and an Azure subscription is required to access the same user. All-access to the Azure portal through a storage account.

Step 1: Login into the Azure portal. 

Step 2: Select all services from the top right of the Azure Portal menu.  

Step 3: Select the storage account from the left panel of the All Services page.  Step 4: Select + Add from Storage Account Windows. 

 Step 5: Create a storage account window and it will ask for a subscription that you want to create a storage account.  

Step 6:Now click on the Review + Create button then click on Create .

Step 7: Now we will try to create a container for which go to the recently created storage account and select the storage account. 

Step 8:Now select Container from the Blob Services section which can be checked by scrolling down. 

 Step 9: Now select the “+ Container” button from the see your account name.  Step 10:Enter the name of your container. Click on OK to create the container.  Step 11:  In the notification, users can check that the message created by the container . 

Step 12: Now go to your recent container created from the Azure portal: 

 Step 13:Browse your file system and upload one file as a block blob which can be seen by expanding the Advanced section. 

How to download a directory or folder from ADLS Gen2 to local using python program ?

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2 is a popular data storage system from Microsoft. I was in a need to download a complete folder / directory recursively from ADLS to local disk in an automated way.

Finally I ended up in writing a sample utility for the same. I have used the Azure Blob API to perform the recursive download of the files from Azure.

The below program will recursively download a…

How to upload a directory or folder to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2 ( ADLS Gen2 ) using Python Program ?

Azure Data Lake storage is a very popular data storage platform from Microsoft. I was searching for an option to upload a complete directory including all the subfolders and files from the local to ADLS. I searched a lot in internet, but I could not find a ready made solution. The only program that I found was the program to upload a single file to ADLS.

ADLS Gen2 support multiprotocol…

Creating a free Azure account

Microsoft Azure is a powerful series of features that can take your company to the cloud, but how do you begin to learn about these amazing features without spending a lot of money? To begin using Azure, you can go to https://azure.microsoft.com/free/. This page allows you to create a free account.

You can explore the page to see what’s included in the offer. Items included with your…

Nimble Hybrid Storage for Azure VM

Microsoft Azure can be integrated with Nimble Cloud-Connected Storage based on the Nimble Storage Predictive Flash platform via Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute or Equinix Cloud Exchange connectivity solutions.

The Nimble storage is located in Equinix colocation facilities at proximity to Azure data centres to deliver fast, low-latency performance.

Key Features:

9997% uptime and reliability over…