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Azure Portal & Storage Tiers

What this page tells you

CNT Azure storage lives in the cntlitt container at portal.azure.com (log in with PennMedicine account). Explains hot, cool (30-day minimum), cold (90-day), and archive (180-day) blob tiers and their storage-vs-access cost tradeoffs.

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cntlitt storage container

  • Hot tier - An online tier optimized for storing data that is accessed or modified frequently. The hot tier has the highest storage costs, but the lowest access costs.
  • Cool tier - An online tier optimized for storing data that is infrequently accessed or modified. Data in the cool tier should be stored for a minimum of 30 days. The cool tier has lower storage costs and higher access costs compared to the hot tier.
  • Cold tier - An online tier optimized for storing data that is rarely accessed or modified, but still requires fast retrieval. Data in the cold tier should be stored for a minimum of 90 days. The cold tier has lower storage costs and higher access costs compared to the cool tier.
  • Archive tier - An offline tier optimized for storing data that is rarely accessed, and that has flexible latency requirements, on the order of hours. Data in the archive tier should be stored for a minimum of 180 days.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/access-tiers-overview
Access tiers for blob data - Azure Storage | Microsoft Learn
Azure storage offers different access tiers so that you can store your blob data in the most ccostly-effective manner based on how it's being used. Learn about the hot, cool, cold, and archive access ...