Windows Azure Drive
Pavlo Revenkov
EPAM Cloud Computing Competency Center
Email: pavlo_revenkov@epam.com
Skype: rp_risingstar
Habrahabr: habrahabr.ru/users/risingstar/
Data management services

2

Web-role Worker-role
Worker-role

Worker-role

Web-role

Drive

SQL Azure

Blobs

Tables
Queues
Example: CMS

3

Publishers

Instance 1

Author

Instance 2

Instance 3

Mount
30 minutes
Snapshot

Repository

Instance 4
Windows Azure Drive

4

Subscription

Storage Account
(100 ТВ)

Storage Account
(100 ТВ)

Container
Block Blob (200 GB)
Container
Page Blob (1 ТВ)

Storage Account
(100 ТВ)
Storage Account
(100 ТВ)

…

Container

…

Azure Drive (1 ТВ)

…
Blob content upload
var storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(
ConfigurationManager
.ConnectionStrings[ConnectionStringSetting]
.ConnectionString);
var blobClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient();
var container = blobClient.GetContainerReference(containerName);
var pageBlob = container.GetPageBlobReference(blobName);
using (var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open)) {
pageBlob.Create(fileStream.Length);
var buffer = new byte[partSize];
while (offset < fileStream.Length) {
var bytesRead = fileStream.Read(buffer, 0, partSize);
pageBlob.WritePages(new MemoryStream(buffer, 0, bytesRead), offset);
offset += bytesRead;
}

}

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1. public static void UploadVHDFile(string filePath, string containerName, string blobName)
2. {
3.
const int partSize = 1024 * 1024;
4.
5.
var storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(
6.
ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[ConnectionStringSetting].ConnectionString);
7.
8.
var blobClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient();
9.
var container = blobClient.GetContainerReference(containerName);
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container.CreateIfNotExist();
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12.
var pageBlob = container.GetPageBlobReference(blobName);
13.
pageBlob.DeleteIfExists();
14.
pageBlob.Properties.ContentType = "binary/octet-stream";
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using (var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open))
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{
18.
int offset = 0;
19.
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pageBlob.Create(fileStream.Length);
21.
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var buffer = new byte[partSize];
23.
while (offset < fileStream.Length)
24.
{
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var bytesRead = fileStream.Read(buffer, 0, partSize);
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pageBlob.WritePages(new MemoryStream(buffer, 0, bytesRead), offset);
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offset += bytesRead;
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Console.Write('.');
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}
33.
}
34. }

6
Modes

7
CloudDrive
client

Snapshot

URL
Mount

Exception

Mount

Yes
Author

Lease mode

Snapshot mode

read

write

read

Windows Azure
Drive

Publisher
Workflow
var account = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(
ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ConnectionString“]);
var drive = new CloudDrive(blobUri, account.Credentials.*);
try
{
drive.Mount(0, DriveMountOptions.None);
...
}
catch (CloudDriveException e)
{
drive = new CloudDrive(new Uri(drive.Snapshot().AbsoluteUri), ...);
drive.Mount(0, DriveMountOptions.None);
}
finally
{
drive.Unmount();
}

8
Demo

9
References

Differences Between the Storage Emulator and
Windows Azure Storage Services
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg433135

Windows Azure Drive whitepaper
 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9710117

10
Questions?

11

Windows Azure Drive

  • 1.
    Windows Azure Drive PavloRevenkov EPAM Cloud Computing Competency Center Email: pavlo_revenkov@epam.com Skype: rp_risingstar Habrahabr: habrahabr.ru/users/risingstar/
  • 2.
    Data management services 2 Web-roleWorker-role Worker-role Worker-role Web-role Drive SQL Azure Blobs Tables Queues
  • 3.
    Example: CMS 3 Publishers Instance 1 Author Instance2 Instance 3 Mount 30 minutes Snapshot Repository Instance 4
  • 4.
    Windows Azure Drive 4 Subscription StorageAccount (100 ТВ) Storage Account (100 ТВ) Container Block Blob (200 GB) Container Page Blob (1 ТВ) Storage Account (100 ТВ) Storage Account (100 ТВ) … Container … Azure Drive (1 ТВ) …
  • 5.
    Blob content upload varstorageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse( ConfigurationManager .ConnectionStrings[ConnectionStringSetting] .ConnectionString); var blobClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient(); var container = blobClient.GetContainerReference(containerName); var pageBlob = container.GetPageBlobReference(blobName); using (var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open)) { pageBlob.Create(fileStream.Length); var buffer = new byte[partSize]; while (offset < fileStream.Length) { var bytesRead = fileStream.Read(buffer, 0, partSize); pageBlob.WritePages(new MemoryStream(buffer, 0, bytesRead), offset); offset += bytesRead; } } 5
  • 6.
    1. public staticvoid UploadVHDFile(string filePath, string containerName, string blobName) 2. { 3. const int partSize = 1024 * 1024; 4. 5. var storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse( 6. ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[ConnectionStringSetting].ConnectionString); 7. 8. var blobClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient(); 9. var container = blobClient.GetContainerReference(containerName); 10. container.CreateIfNotExist(); 11. 12. var pageBlob = container.GetPageBlobReference(blobName); 13. pageBlob.DeleteIfExists(); 14. pageBlob.Properties.ContentType = "binary/octet-stream"; 15. 16. using (var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open)) 17. { 18. int offset = 0; 19. 20. pageBlob.Create(fileStream.Length); 21. 22. var buffer = new byte[partSize]; 23. while (offset < fileStream.Length) 24. { 25. var bytesRead = fileStream.Read(buffer, 0, partSize); 26. 27. pageBlob.WritePages(new MemoryStream(buffer, 0, bytesRead), offset); 28. 29. offset += bytesRead; 30. 31. Console.Write('.'); 32. } 33. } 34. } 6
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  • 8.
    Workflow var account =CloudStorageAccount.Parse( ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ConnectionString“]); var drive = new CloudDrive(blobUri, account.Credentials.*); try { drive.Mount(0, DriveMountOptions.None); ... } catch (CloudDriveException e) { drive = new CloudDrive(new Uri(drive.Snapshot().AbsoluteUri), ...); drive.Mount(0, DriveMountOptions.None); } finally { drive.Unmount(); } 8
  • 9.
  • 10.
    References Differences Between theStorage Emulator and Windows Azure Storage Services  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg433135 Windows Azure Drive whitepaper  http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9710117 10
  • 11.