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Simply needed some validation that my thinking was correct and this did it.
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Simply needed some validation that my thinking was correct and this did it.

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Greetings - I set up Azure for offsite storage for Hyper-V backups using Altaro. &nbsp;I'm not very familiar with Azure and may have set the type of storage incorrectly. I selected block blob containers as opposed to page blobs - then I read the maximum size of a block blob is 200GB. &nbsp;(At the risk of sounding naïve I'm assuming a file relationship to a blob is 1 to 1, right?) &nbsp; The back up now being loaded is 175GB, so it will fit but soon it won't. &nbsp; <br />
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I am thinking the way to fix this is to create a new storage container in the same region configured to use page blobs, and to copy the folders over to the new container. &nbsp;As I understand it there's no charge to move data within the same region. &nbsp;Once the data is copied I can delete the original storage and change the drive letter of the new container to be the same as the original one. &nbsp;This way I don't have to re-seed the backup and get out of this with a minimum of extra cost.. &nbsp;Validation and/or comments will be really appreciated!
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Greetings - I set up Azure for offsite storage for Hyper-V backups using Altaro.  I'm not very familiar with Azure and may have set the type of storage incorrectly. I selected block blob containers as opposed to page blobs - then I read the maximum size of a block blob is 200GB.  (At the risk of sounding naïve I'm assuming a file relationship to a blob is 1 to 1, right?)   The back up now being loaded is 175GB, so it will fit but soon it won't.   

I am thinking the way to fix this is to create a new storage container in the same region configured to use page blobs, and to copy the folders over to the new container.  As I understand it there's no charge to move data within the same region.  Once the data is copied I can delete the original storage and change the drive letter of the new container to be the same as the original one.  This way I don't have to re-seed the backup and get out of this with a minimum of extra cost..  Validation and/or comments will be really appreciated!

Oops - Azure block blobs vs page blobs for offsite storage...

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