why my Azure storage cost increase suddenly ?

Question

why my Azure storage cost increase suddenly ? I don't know if tis Mandatory to have the Blob premium. Even when the virtual machine is stopped the billing for the Blob page premium continue. Could you please help me delete this Blob storage if it is not mandatory?

Answer 1

Hi @Admin EVOH,

The issue you are facing is Azure Storage costs are unexpectedly increasing. The reason for this is Blob Premium storage have a higher storage cost. It is specifically designed for workloads that require high throughput and low latency, often it is used for databases or VMs that need high performance. Even if your virtual machine (VM) is stopped, the Blob Premium storage may still incur charges.

It is not mandatory to have a Blob premium. If you're using Premium performance tiers (like Premium Blob Storage), it is necessary for workloads with high performance. If you don't need that performance, you can use the standard performance tiers (like Standard Storage). Blob premium is mandatory when you are using OS disks, Virtual Machines.

Steps to delete Blob storage:

1.Go to the Azure portal.

2.Navigate to your Storage Accounts.

3.Select the Blob Storage account you want to delete.

4.Check if it is in the Premium performance tier (you’ll see it listed in the Performance section).

5.In the Overview section of the storage account, click on the "Delete" button at top of the page.

6.A confirmation box will appear asking you to type the name of the storage account to confirm deletion.

7.Enter the storage account name and click on the "Delete" button.

References:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-block-blob-premium

Please let us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further.

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Answer 2

Hi,

Please find attached a screenshot (Blob premium.PNG)of what I think is a Premium blob Storage. I'll let you pleas confirm to me.

I am using the azure for a little web app that is not requiring high throughput and low latency, so basic performance is OK for me. As I already have an OS Disk.PNG, can I just delete the Blob Storage and I will still have access to my Data ?