A municipal records team is choosing a Blob access tier for scanned permit packs. Which statement best describes the main trade-off they should weigh?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Blob tiers are basically a dial between “touch it often” and “park it cheap.” The more the city opens those permit packs, the hotter (and typically pricier to store) the tier tends to be. Access frequency drives the cost trade-off—not naming quirks or unrelated networking myths.
Full Explanation
Azure blob access tiers (Hot, Cool, and Archive) are selected primarily based on how frequently data is read or written and the acceptable retrieval cost and latency. Hot optimizes for frequent access; Cool and Archive reduce storage cost for less frequent access with different retrieval characteristics. Fundamentals questions expect candidates to identify that access pattern versus cost is the core decision, not account naming conventions or unrelated compute and CDN claims.