Question

You manage a general-purpose v2 storage account that hosts a blob container. Analytics show that most blobs are read and written many times per day during their first two weeks, then rarely accessed afterward but must remain instantly available. You want to minimize storage costs while keeping data online. Which combination should you configure?

Accepted Answer

Set the account default access tier to Hot and add a lifecycle management rule to move blobs to Cool after 14 days of no modification

Answer

Set the account default access tier to Cool and leave all blobs untiered

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Set the account default access tier to Hot and add a lifecycle management rule to move blobs to Archive after 14 days

Answer

Enable object replication to a second account configured with the Cool tier