Did you know Azure’s Lifecycle Management can streamline how you manage data in Blob Storage?
With this feature, available for Storage Accounts GPV2, commonly know just as V2, you can set up automated rules to move, delete, or archive blobs based on their age, access frequency, or custom tags—no need to enable a Hierarchical Namespace! This makes it perfect for handling large datasets and keeping storage costs down as your data ages or is accessed less frequently. By automating data transitions and deletions, you’ll spend less time on manual data management and reduce unnecessary storage expenses.
Azure’s Lifecycle Management is largely designed to help organizations optimize storage costs. When companies store large volumes of data in Azure Blob Storage, the costs can add up significantly, especially for data that’s rarely accessed or no longer needed. By setting up lifecycle rules to automatically transition data to lower-cost tiers (Cool or Archive) or delete it when appropriate, companies can control costs more effectively without having to manually manage each piece of data.
Creating a rule is simple! For example, you could set up a rule to move blobs to a cooler tier if they haven’t been accessed for 30 days and automatically delete blobs older than 180 days. Just go to Lifecycle Management in your Storage Account settings, add your conditions, and define the actions to automate.
- Click on Add a rule
- Give it a name and click on Limit blob with filters so you can use filters to apply this rule the specific containers.
- Next using conditions define the logic behind the rule.
- Add your blob prefix, in this case we want to apply this to the container named: demo, but you can even apply it to folders inside the container specifying the rest of the path demo/blobname
- Save your rule and from here it will be enabled.
Whether you’re aiming to optimize costs or organize massive volumes of data, Lifecycle Management can be a game-changer for Blob Storage.
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