Index
A
- Accept header / The response
- ACID
- about / The arrival of NoSQL
- application/octet-stream / Properties and metadata
- AzCopy
- about / Using AzCopy
- using / Using AzCopy
- URL / Using AzCopy
- Azure File
- about / Where are Azure Files used?
- ReadFile / Where are Azure Files used?
- WriteFile / Where are Azure Files used?
- using / Using Azure Files
- PowerShell, using with / Using PowerShell with Azure Files
- file share via SMB 2.1 protocol, using / File Shares via the SMB 2.1 protocol
- file share via Storage Client Library, using / File Shares via the Storage Client Library
- Azure Storage
- about / An introduction to Azure Storage
- high availability / High availability and durability
- durability / High availability and durability
- strong consistency / Strong consistency
- scalability / Scalability
- Azure Storage Client Libraries
- about / Azure Storage Client Libraries
- Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library, for .NET / Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library for .NET
- Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library, for Node.js / Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library for Node.js
- Microsoft Azure Storage SDK, for Java / The Microsoft Azure Storage SDK for Java
- PHP Client Libraries, for Azure / The PHP Client Libraries for Azure
- Microsoft Azure SDK, for Python / The Microsoft Azure SDK for Python
- Microsoft Azure SDK, for Ruby / The Microsoft Azure SDK for Ruby
- Azure Storage Client Library
- Azure Storage Emulator
- about / Azure Storage Emulator
- Azure Tables
- versus Azure SQL / Choosing between Azure Table and Azure SQL
- Azure Table storage
- about / The Table storage basics, Things to understand about Azure Table storage
- basics / The Table storage basics
- primary key / The table's primary key
- three layer architecture / The three layer architecture
- partitions / Partitions
- Entity Group Transactions (EGTs) / Entity Group Transactions
- table design guidelines / Table design guidelines
- data, querying / Studying your data
- key selection process / Selecting the best PartitionKey
B
- blobs
- types / Types of blobs
- first blob, uploading / Uploading the first blob
- downloading / Downloading a blob
- deleting / Deleting a blob
- listing / Listing blobs
- paged listing / Paged listing and continuation tokens
- continuation tokens / Paged listing and continuation tokens
- properties / Properties and metadata
- metadata / Properties and metadata
- conditional headers / Conditional headers
- blobs, types
- block blobs / Block blobs
- page blobs / Page blobs
- Blob service REST API
- about / The Blob service REST API
- URL / The Blob service REST API
- blob snapshot
- about / Blob snapshots
- blob storage
- about / The Blob storage
- blob structure
- about / The blob structure
- containers / Containers
- blobs, addressing / Addressing blobs
- block blobs
- about / Block blobs
C
- categories, NoSQL databases
- cifs-utils / Mounting shares from Linux
- cmdlets / Getting familiar with Azure PowerShell
- container
- creating / Creating a container
- container access level
- about / The container access level
- Content-Type header / The response
- continuation tokens
- about / Continuation tokens
- handling / Continuation tokens
- Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) / The Storage Services REST APIs
D
- data, querying
- about / Studying your data
- partition sizing / Partition sizing
- query performance / Querying performance
E
- Enterprise Library 5.0 for Windows Azure / Transient fault handling
- entities
- adding, to table / Adding entities to a table
- updating / Updating entities
- entities, in tables
- about / Entities
- entity group transaction
- about / Entity Group Transactions
- Entity Group Transactions (EGTs)
- about / Entity Group Transactions
- explorer
- getting acquainted with / Getting acquainted with an explorer
- exponential retry
- about / Transient fault handling
F
- File service REST API
- file share, using via SMB 2.1 protocol
- connections, persisting to shares / Persisting connections to shares
- share, mounting from Linux / Mounting shares from Linux
- file share, using via Storage Client Library
- about / File Shares via the Storage Client Library
- share, creating / Creating our share
- directory, creating / Creating a directory
- files, uploading / Uploading and downloading files
- files, downloading / Uploading and downloading files
- file storage
- about / The File storage
- file storage structure
- about / The File storage structure
- storage account / The File storage structure
- share / The File storage structure
- directory / The File storage structure
- file / The File storage structure
- URL / The File storage structure
G
- Geo-redundant storage (GRS) / Redundancy options
- get messages operation / The Queue service REST API
- Get Storage Account Keys / The Service Management REST APIs
H
- hierarchies
- about / Hierarchies
- $root container / The $root container
- folder structure / The folder structure
- HttpClient / Microsoft Azure Management Libraries
I
- ITableEntity interface
- about / Adding entities to a table
- PartitionKey / Adding entities to a table
- RowKey / Adding entities to a table
- Timestamp / Adding entities to a table
- ETag / Adding entities to a table
J
- Json.NET / Microsoft Azure Management Libraries
L
- Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) / Querying the table
- linear retry
- about / Transient fault handling
- ListBlobs method / Listing blobs
- Locally redundant storage (LRS) / Redundancy options
M
- Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Management.Storage library / Microsoft Azure Management Libraries
- Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage
- about / Transient fault handling
- Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.dll / Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library for .NET
N
- naming rules, queue / Naming
- naming rules, tables
- tables / Naming rules
- properties / Naming rules
- no retry
- about / Transient fault handling
- NoSQL
- about / The arrival of NoSQL, NoSQL
- features / NoSQL
- categories, databases / NoSQL
- NuGet / Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library for .NET
P
- page blobs
- about / Page blobs
- PartitionKey / The table's primary key
- about / Entities
- selecting / Selecting the best PartitionKey
- point queries / Table design guidelines
- PowerShell
- PowerShell, using with Azure File
- about / Using PowerShell with Azure Files
- file share, creating / Creating a file share
- directories, creating / Creating directories and subdirectories
- subdirectories, creating / Creating directories and subdirectories
- first file, uploading / Uploading the first file
- file, downloading / Downloading a file
- files, listing / Listing files
- files, removing / Removing files
- PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) / Getting familiar with Azure PowerShell
Q
- queues
- need for / The need for queues
- availability, increasing / Increasing the availability and reliability
- reliability / Increasing the availability and reliability
- latency, reducing / Reducing latency and avoiding IO bottlenecks
- IO bottlenecks, avoiding / Reducing latency and avoiding IO bottlenecks
- load leveling / Load leveling
- messages, parsing between Azure web roles and worker roles / Passing messages between Azure web roles and worker roles
- Queue service REST API
- about / The Queue service REST API
- URL / The Queue service REST API
- queue storage, using from .NET
- about / Using the queue storage from .NET
- first queue, creating / Creating our first queue
- message, inserting in queue / Inserting a message in the queue
- large messages, handling / Handling large messages
- next message, retrieving / Retrieving the next message
- messages, getting / Getting more messages
- dequeueCount messages / The dequeueCount and poison messages
- poison messages / The dequeueCount and poison messages
- messages, peeking / Peeking messages
- queue messages, editing / Editing queue messages
- metadata, setting for queue / Setting metadata for the queue
- queue length, obtaining / Getting the queue length and metadata
- metadata, obtaining / Getting the queue length and metadata
- queues, deleting / Deleting queues
- queue storage structure
- about / The Queue storage structure
- addressing / Addressing
- naming / Naming
R
- Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS) / Redundancy options
- read-efficient tables
- designing / Table design guidelines
- Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS)
- about / The arrival of NoSQL
- Resource Not Found error / Downloading a blob
- RowKey / The table's primary key
S
- Server Message Block (SMB) protocol / Where are Azure Files used?
- Service Bus Queues
- about / Service Bus Queues
- Service Level Agreements (SLAs) / Common practices
- Service Management REST API
- about / The Service Management REST APIs
- operations / The Service Management REST APIs
- request / The request
- response / The response
- Microsoft Azure Management Libraries / Microsoft Azure Management Libraries
- shared access signatures
- reference / Storage account security
- about / Shared Access Signatures
- Shared Access Signatures (SAS) / Storage account security
- storage accounts
- about / Storage accounts
- features / Storage accounts
- namespace / The namespaces and endpoints
- endpoints / The namespaces and endpoints
- security / Storage account security
- redundancy options / Redundancy options
- metrics / Metrics and logging
- logging / Metrics and logging
- Storage Analytics
- about / Storage Analytics
- Storage Analytics data
- analyzing / Analyzing the Storage Analytics data
- Storage Analytics Logging
- about / Storage Analytics, A closer look at logging
- log format / The log format
- Storage Analytics Metrics
- about / Storage Analytics, A closer look at metrics
- transaction metrics / Transaction metrics
- capacity metrics / Capacity metrics
- Storage Blob service
- storage account / The blob structure
- containers / The blob structure
- blobs / The blob structure
- storage services
- about / Storage services
- blob storage / The Blob storage
- table storage / The Table storage
- queue storage / The Queue storage
- file storage / The File storage
- Storage Services REST API
- about / The Storage Services REST APIs
- services / The Storage Services REST APIs
- Blob service REST API / The Blob service REST API
- Table service REST API / The Table service REST API
- Queue service REST API / The Queue service REST API
- File service REST API / The File service REST API
T
- table
- creating / Starting with a table
- entities, adding / Adding entities to a table
- querying / Querying the table
- table partition
- about / Partitions
- Table service REST API
- about / The Table service REST API
- URL / The Table service REST API
- table storage
- about / The Table storage
- Table storage basics
- about / The Table storage basics
- entities / Entities
- naming rules / Naming rules
- three layer architecture, Azure Table storage
- Frontend (FE) layer / The three layer architecture
- Partition layer / The three layer architecture
- Distributed File System Layer (DFS) / The three layer architecture
- transient fault handling
- about / Transient fault handling
- Transient Fault Handling Application Block
- about / Transient fault handling
- transient faults
- about / Transient fault handling
W
- WebDav / File Shares via the SMB 2.1 protocol
- Windows Azure SDK for PHP
- write-efficient tables
- designing / Table design guidelines
X
- x-ms-request-id header / The response
- x-ms-version request header / The request
Z
- Zone-redundant storage (ZRS) / Redundancy options