What is Block Storage?

The term Block storage describes a technology that controls how data is stored on storage devices. The name is derived from the fact that block storage splits any kind of information, such as files or raw disk content, into chunks (or blocks) of equal size. Block storage is the most versatile type of storage, as it is the underlying structure of other storage options, such as file or object storage. It is also the most well-known type of storage since most typical storage media (HDD, SSD, […]

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Good morning and good week to y'all! Hey, anyone knows a blob storage service that is not provided by an evil corporation (amazon, google, etc.)?

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Revisiting Various Change Feeds Consumption in .NET

In this post I'm describing main traits and consumption implementations for change feed capability provided by Cosmos DB, MongoDB, and Azure Storage.

Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage will be generally available (GA) for Azure Blob Storage on September 1, 2023

Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage helps protect your Blob storage accounts from malicious content by performing a full, built-in, agentless malware scan on uploaded content in near real time, using Microsoft Defender Antivirus capabilities. It scans all file types and allows you to detect and prevent malware distribution events.

Find out relevant use cases: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/malware-scanning-for-cloud-storage-ga-pre-announcement-prevent/ba-p/3884470

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Malware Scanning for cloud storage GA pre-announcement | prevent malicious content distribution

How to prevent malicious content distribution from your cloud storage a scalable, built-in, and agentless solution

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Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage will be generally available (GA) for Azure Blob Storage on September 1, 2023

Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage helps protect your Blob storage accounts from malicious content by performing a full, built-in, agentless malware scan on uploaded content in near real time, using Microsoft Defender Antivirus capabilities. It scans all file types and allows you to detect and prevent malware distribution events.

Find out relevant use cases: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/malware-scanning-for-cloud-storage-ga-pre-announcement-prevent/ba-p/3884470

#defenderforcloud #defenderforstorage #defender #malware #malwarescanning #storage #azure #blob #blobstorage #agentless #av #azure #cloudsecurity #cloudnative #antivirus

Malware Scanning for cloud storage GA pre-announcement | prevent malicious content distribution

How to prevent malicious content distribution from your cloud storage a scalable, built-in, and agentless solution

TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM
Azure Storage: How to create Blob Storage and upload files

Azure Storage: How to create Blob Storage and upload files. The Azure storage account contains all of your Azure Storage data objects

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3 year projection of 175 zetabytes in 3 years. 175 x 1000 PBs = 175 x 1000 x 1000 Tabs global storage needs. https://studyfinds.org/cloud-data-storage-crisis/. #blobstorage #storage
The cloud out of space? Scientists scrambling to prevent global data storage crisis

Researchers say the global datasphere -- the total amount of data worldwide -- will increase by 300 percent within the next three years.

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Estimate the cost of archiving data (Azure Blob Storage) - Azure Storage

Learn how to calculate the cost of storing and maintaining data in the archive storage tier.