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Confusion on Azure Storage services
If you see Azure portal storage account there is not a direct BLOB container inside storage account , there are four type of storage supported by Storage Account
1.Container
2. Azure File
3. Queue Storage
4. TABLE storage.
Then why we mentioned container as Blob storage? An in additionally if you see same in Azure Storage Explorer it's shows
1. Blob Containers
2. Azure File
3. Queue Storage
4. TABLE storage.
Why is such descripenses? It create a lot of confusion.
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Blob stands for ‘Binary large object’. Azure Blob storage service are used to store and retrieve unstructured data like Documents, pictures, videos and music. Blobs are organized into containers and each Blob can store several hundreds of Gigabyte (GB) data.
Blob containers are the structures used to store blobs. An individual Blob container can hold anywhere from zero to an infinite number of individual blobs. By default, all blobs stored in a container share the same level of sharing, either private or public.
Yes I do agree there has to be some better documentation from Azure it took long time to understand to actually understand the difference ref this article it explains very well Azure Blob Storage | Comprehensive Guide to Azure Blob Storage (educba.com)
- Hi Thanks for reply, yes I can understand Blobs and storage ,but my only point is there is ambiguity in between the terms Microsoft using.
They can make it simple instead of using Blob which is a generic thing and is a format(not specific to Azure or storage), they can say it as container and then they can say a container store object in BLOB format. It will reduce ambiguity and help people to understand concept much easily.- Agree with you
