Best practices for working with ADLS
ADLS is a bit different when it comes to accessing data stored and performing read and writes. As this service is designed for storing petabytes (PB) of data, it is important to know the best practices for doing so, to avoid problems such as the need to reorganize all files or slow reads/writes. This also includes security features (as discussed earlier), as this is an important part of the whole solution. In this section, we will focus on multiple pieces of advice regarding ADLS to help you use it consciously and leverage the best practices.
Performance
One important feature of many storage solutions is their performance. In general, we expect that our databases will work without a problem whether the load is low or high and a single record is big or small. When it comes to ADLS, you must consider the following factors:
- Using the Premium tier: As opposed to general-purpose accounts, the Premium tier in Azure Storage uses...
