az-104 Practice Question 1711
Exam: az-104
Domain: Implement and manage storage
Topic: Manage data in Azure storage accounts
Difficulty: medium
A company is using Azure Blob Storage for their application. They notice that some blobs are being accessed frequently while others are rarely used. They want to optimize storage costs by setting different access tiers for these blobs. Which two actions should they take to achieve this, and why?
Answer Options
A
Set all blobs to the Hot Access Tier to ensure fast access.
B
Set all blobs to the Cool Access Tier to reduce costs.
C
Set frequently accessed blobs to the Hot Access Tier and rarely accessed blobs to the Cool Access Tier.
D
Set all blobs to the Archive Access Tier to save costs.
Correct Answer
C: Set frequently accessed blobs to the Hot Access Tier and rarely accessed blobs to the Cool Access Tier.
Explanation
The correct answers are to set the access tier for frequently accessed blobs to Hot and for rarely accessed blobs to Cool. This approach optimizes costs by keeping hot data accessible and reducing costs for infrequently accessed data. Setting all blobs to Hot would increase costs unnecessarily, while setting all to Cool would make frequently accessed data less available. Archive tier is not suitable for frequently accessed data.