Redundancy

  • single region
    • locally redundant storage (LRS) copies on 3 different racks within the same availability zone
    • zone-redundant storage (ZRS) copies in 3 different availability zones
  • multiple region
    • geo-redundant storage (GRS) copies on 3 different racks in the primary region (LRS) & copies on 3 different racks in the paired region (LRS)
    • geo-zone-redundant storage (GZRS) copies in 3 different availability zones in the primary region (ZRS) & copies on 3 different racks in the paired region (LRS) <== asymmetric

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