nelsonjchen/gargantuan-takeout-rocket

Azure: Not possible to create Lifecycle Rule to Archive Blob after 1 day

gunar opened this issue · 4 comments

gunar commented

Thanks for GTR. Super excited about finally trying it out.

Instructions tell me to create two lifecycle rules. One to delete a blob after 180d, and one to archive a blob after 1 day. I can't figure out how to create a Rule for the latter:

* Archive Tier after 1 day

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I have this setup:

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Is this in a region that doesn't have this product or something?

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/services/?products=storage&regions=all

gunar commented

"Append blobs" must be un-selected for the option to become available. Thanks!

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Before we close this issue, quick question: Why don't we immediately upload blobs in the Archive tier? Wouldn't that remove the need for this extra lifecycle rule while also making hosting cheaper since we don't have to wait for 1 day to move it to cold archive storage?

Thanks again for GTR.

I guess I just liked being able to delete stuff without paying for their storage if I didn't want to actually archive it and sometimes I made that decision after checking the file listing of the container at the conclusion of the archiving session or activity.

gunar commented

Makes total sense. Thank you for your prompt responses. GTR is f-ing awesome.