Introduction
There are many different types of storage solutions available in Microsoft Azure and this article will illustrate which types of storage are supported by FME and can be accessed using the transformers in the Azure Storage FME Package.
Azure Data Lake
One of the most popular storage options is Azure Data Lake Gen2. This type of storage is a block blob storage type with a hierarchical namespace enabled and can be created for Standard and Premium tier Azure Storage accounts. Azure Data Lake Gen2 supports the Azure Storage API and is therefore supported by the AzureBlobStorageConnector transformer except for the documented known issues.
Azure Data Lake Gen1 is planned for retirement by Microsoft and is not supported by FME. It is recommended to switch to Azure Data Lake Gen2.
Azure Storage
Azure Storage offers 2 performance tiers, each with different types of storage accounts. In the following, we will describe how to access the different types with FME.
Blob Storage
The AzureBlobStorageConnector supports the following types of storage:
- Block Blob storage (Standard & Premium)
- Page Blob storage (Premium)
File Storage
The AzureFileStorageConnector supports the following types of storage:
- File share storage (Standard & Premium)
Queue Storage
The AzureQueueStorageConnector supports the following types of storage:
- Queue storage (Standard)
Table Storage
The Microsoft Azure Storage Table Reader/Writer supports the following types of storage:
Table storage (Standard)
To learn more about Azure services supported with FME, check out our blog How to Connect to Microsoft Azure.