You plan to migrate 5 TB of infrequently accessed company files from an on-premises file server to Azure. Files must be retrievable within 24 hours when requested, and storage costs should be minimized. Which two storage deployment options meet these requirements? (Select two.)
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Correct answer: Create an Azure Blob Storage account with the Cool default access tier, create a blob container, copy the files into it, and set each blob to the Archive access tier., Create a general-purpose v2 storage account with the Hot default access tier, create a blob container, copy the files to the container, and set each blob to the Archive access tier..
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The correct options leverage Azure Blob Storage's Archive tier, which is ideal for infrequently accessed data with flexible retrieval times (up to 24 hours) and offers the lowest storage costs. Setting individual blobs to Archive overrides the account's default access tier. General-purpose v2 storage accounts support all access tiers (Hot, Cool, Archive), while general-purpose v1 accounts do not support the Cool or Archive tiers, making them unsuitable for cost optimization with infrequent access. Azure Files (file shares) is generally more expensive than Blob Storage for large volumes of infrequently accessed data.
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