Learning Microsoft Azure Storage

Data disks key points

For a better understanding about data disks, you have to take the following key points into consideration:

• Adding more data disks increases the IOPs, and throughput, especially if you are using stripping
• Do not use Full Format because that will fill the disk clusters with OS, which means the disk will appear to be filled with data, and as a result, you will have to pay for the whole disk, whether you use it partially, or completely
• Trimming is supported for at least Windows Server 2012/ Windows 8 for Windows-based VMs
• For further information about attaching disks to Linux VMs in Azure, check out the following link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/tutorial-manage-disks#create-and-attach-disks ...